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How Do I Make....

Penny-Pincher!!
Penny-Pincher!! Posts: 8,325 Forumite
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Hello Again

Im quite a newbie and this is my second post today..lol :D

I have to make a carrot cake on thursday and need a good recipe....can anyone help me please???

Also, how do I make the cream frosting icing to go on it and in it :confused:

Thanks
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  • Magentasue
    Magentasue Posts: 4,229 Forumite
    Look on the recipe board! Here's the carrot cake
    Or BBC site, food section or deliaonline

    HTH
  • Queenie
    Queenie Posts: 8,793 Forumite
    :wave: Hi Penny-Pincher, welcome to Old Style :) Magentasue has linked to the carrot cake recipe for you - much easier to find now that Squeaky and Judi have indexed it all for us :D

    Enjoy your cake on Thurdsay, if you have any spare, we'll all come round your's for a coffee morning on Friday :D
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  • jenpoptab
    jenpoptab Posts: 1,224 Forumite
    Made a carrot cake, recommend it to anyone, was delicious. I used the recipe as posted by Judi on recipe thread ( no 48- i think).
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    We have a recent thread on icing too... I'll try and find it for you before I get cut off by the BT repair man. :)

    I'll edit my post when I find it so watch this space...


    Edit: For the thread on icing/frosting - Click Here
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  • Lillibet_2
    Lillibet_2 Posts: 3,364 Forumite
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    The easiest way to make the frosting is to mix cream cheese (not dairy lea, the cheapest white stuff from the deli counter) with icing sugar to taste. Add finely grated orange/lemon peel if you fancy it. It's the best part of the cake:D

    Edit : Sorry, cross posted with Squeaky's edit:rolleyes: .
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    No problem :)

    I'll add that icing thread to the links section of our recipe collection shortly.
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