How to make: Carrot Cake

Will Need
A little oil for greasing
250g carrots
150g butter
200g light soft brown sugar
2 large eggs
200g self raising flour
half tsp salt
2tsps ground cinnamon
2tsps baking powder
125g raisins
75g chopped walnuts
2tbls milk
For Topping
200g cream cheese
1tbls lemon juice
50g icing sugar
half a tsp vanilla extract
What to do
Grate the carrots on the side of the grater with the biggest holes. Put the butter into a saucepan and heat it slowly until it has just melted then pour it into a large bowl. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl. Stir the carrots and sugar into the butter then add the eggs. Sift the flour, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder onto the mixture. Use a wooden spoon to beat the mixture until it is smooth. Mix in the raisins and walnuts then stir in the milk. Spoon the mixture into a cake tin and smooth the top of the mixture with a wooden spoon. Bake the cake in a preheated oven of 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for an hour then test to see if the cake is ready with a knife when you pull the knife out it should have no mixture stuck to it. Leave the cake to cool for 10 minutes. While the cake is cooling sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add the cream cheese, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Beat the mixture well. When the cake has cooled cut it in half. Spread one half with the topping then the top of the cake with the rest. Enjoy. =)