Sour Cream Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• 0 CAKE:
• 4 eggs
• 0.5 cup brown sugar
• 0.5 cup caster sugar
• 0.3 cup sour cream
• 1.25 cup self raising flour
• 0.75 cup almond meal
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• 2 cup grated carrot
• 2 tbsp chopped red and green glace cherries
• 0 FROSTING:
• 200 g cream cheese, softened
• 0.5 cup NESTLÉ Sweetened Condensed Milk 395g
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 0.5 tsp vanilla essence

Instructions

1. 1

   cake

2. 2

   preheat oven to 180°c/160°c fan forced. grease and line a 23cm round cake pan with baking paper.

3. 3

   using electic beaters, beat eggs and sugars until thick and creamy; add sour cream.

4. 4

   fold in flour, almonds, spice, carrot and cherries, mixing until well combined.

5. 5

   pour into prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. cool on a wire rack.

6. 6

   frosting

7. 7

   beat cream cheese until smooth; add NESTLÉ Sweetened Condensed Milk, zest and vanilla, beating well.

8. 8

   spread over cake and refrigerate 1 hour.