Wedding Cake Recipe
Easy and SO tasty!

Here's a fabulous wedding cake recipe for carrot cake that all your guests will love.

Ingredients:

(Makes a 9" round cake)

• 2 cups castor sugar
• 2 cups plain flour
• 3 cups grated carrots
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon powder
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup olive oil

How to make Carrot Cake

1 Pre-heat your oven to 180°C

2 Put all ingredients in a large bowl and beat well

3 Bake in a lined cake tin for 45 minutes.

4 For topping, mix 50g margarine with icing sugar, lemon juice and philladelphia cheese to taste.

5 Grate lemon rind on top for added zest!

NB: You can put icing or white frosting on top of your carrot cake if you prefer but this will make the cake far more fattening.

Tip 1: This carrot cake recipe makes a perfect dessert so you can save money by offering your wedding cake at the end of the wedding party meal as your dessert!

Of course, carrot cake is a healthy option compared to lots of other rich patisseries.

It is relatively low in sugar, has oh so good for you olive oil and our lemon cheese topping can be made virtually sugar free if necessary.

Tip 2: Use this recipe to make one big cake for the top table and lots of individual cupcake carrot cakes - another great money saver and super easy to make!

Or try making a layered cake or even a tiered cake using other flavors like chocolate, banana, raspberry or ginger.

Mmmmmm... aren't you just itching to have a go at DIY now?