The Canberra Cake is so called because it is made with ingredients sourced from the Canberra region of Australia. If the truth be told, I did not source my ingredients from Canberra, so I will call my cake Walnut, Apple, Carrot and Honey Cake - or even more plainly, Carrot Cake. This recipe was emailed to me by a friend.
It is quite a delicious cake, especially if you love cream cheese frosting!
To make this cake, you will need:
250g walnuts, roughly chopped
250g apples, peeled, cored and diced
3 carrots, grated
300g plain flour
250g honey
4 eggs
200ml olive oil
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
Preheat your oven to 160 degrees Celsius and grease and line a 24cm springform pan.
Sift the flour, spices and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl.
Whisk the eggs, honey and olive oil together in a jug. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix together with a spoon to combine.
Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake in the preheated oven for one hour or until cooked through.
Remove the cake from the oven and place on a wire rack in the pan for around 15 minutes before unmoulding onto the wire rack to cool completely.
For the icing, beat together 125g softened cream cheese, 2 tablespoons sifted icing sugar and 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (optional). If the icing is too loose, add more icing sugar. Once the icing is of a spreadable consistency, spread it evenly over the top of the cake using a metal spatula, and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
Slice and serve.
That sounds like my sort of cake - I had hoped it was named because the politicians in Canberra are a little nutty, a little fruity, a little good for you and occasionally a little sweet :-)
ReplyDeleteLOL - I like your reasoning better.
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