Chocolate Carrot Cake

This is my absolute favourite Carrot Cake recipe. On top of being really easy to make, it is baked with my favourite ingredient... Chocolates!!! Moist, crumbly and has a very delicate texture... Truly divine!!

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cups butter
• 2 tsp grated orange rind
• 3/4 cups caster sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp syrup
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely grated carrots
• 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 3/4 cup milk

Method:

1. Sieve all dry ingredients together. Put aside.
2. Beat butter & sugar till fluffy & white.
3. Put in egg one at a time, beating in between.
4. Pour in the syrup, orange rind & grated carrots and mix by hand.
5. Put in dry ingredients alternating with milk, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.
6. Pour into a greased 8 inch tin.
7. Pour into a preheated 180 deg oven. Bake for 45 mins - 1 hour.
8. Cool on a rack. Remove from tin.
9. Ice with cream cheese frosting when cake is cool.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

• 1 cup cream cheese
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp orange rind
• 3 cups icing sugar
• 2 tsp hot water

Method for Frosting:

1. Mix all the ingredients together till smooth.
2. Spread over the cake.