Best Carrot Cake

This is my favourite recipe for a carrot cake (and I've tried a few...) - very tasty and easy to prepare.


Ingredients:

Topping: 
150g of icing sugar (or less) 
100g of cream cheese, such as Philadelphia
50g of butter
zest of 1 lime (optional)

 





Cake:2 eggs 
200g of brown sugar150 ml of vegetable oil  
200g finely grated carrots
50g of chopped walnuts 
75g of finely chopped pineapple (fresh or canned)
50g desiccated coconut 
200g of flour
1 teaspoon: cinnamon, baking soda, salt 
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
Preparation:Topping: Mix cream cheese with butter using electric whisker. Add icing sugar and lime zest.
 
Cake:
 
Whisk the eggs, then add sugar and continue whisking until smooth and fluffy. Still whisking at high speed add oil.
Add carrots, pineapple, nuts, coconut and gently mix everything.  
Then add the sieved flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder and salt and gently combine all the ingredients.

Pour into a small tin of 21 x 21 cm, lined with baking paper .Bake for 1 hour in an oven preheated to 150 degrees.
When cooled down, add the cream cheese topping and keep in the fridge.