Carrot Cakes

Ingredients:

• 3 eggs
• 200 ml melted butter (vegetable oil if preferred)
• 265g white sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 250g plain flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 220g grated carrots

Icing

• 75g butter, softened
• 150g cream cheese, softened
• 400g icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method: 

1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.
2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla.
3. Mix in flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
4. Stir in carrots.
5. Pour into lined cake tin or 12 cupcake cases.
6. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, (30 mins for cupcakes) or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
7. To make icing, cream butter with cream cheese and add vanilla extract, sift in the icing sugar, mix to smooth paste, pipe or spoon onto cool cake or cupcakes.

Carrot Cupcakes with cream cheese icing and candied carrots 

Some mini ones for the folks at work tomo :)