This carrot cake has the most beautiful toasted 100% fresh Tongan coconut topping on cream cheese icing, decorated with fresh hand picked flowers from my garden.
Ingredients
4 cups | Grated carrot (Main) |
2 cups | Brown sugar |
1 cup | Olive oil |
2 tsp | Vanilla essence/extract |
3 cups | Wholemeal flour |
1 handful | Toasted coconut |
1 medium | Lime zest |
1 medium | Lime juice |
1 cup | Canned crushed pineapple |
1 large | Banana, mashed |
1 tsp | Sea salt |
3 tsp | Baking soda |
1 tsp | Baking powder |
3 tsp | Cinnamon |
1 tsp | Nutmeg |
1 tsp | Allspice |
1 cup | Chopped nuts |
¼ tsp | Ground cloves |
1 small handful | Dried mango, Chopped |
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Lightly grease the pan.
- Mix together carrot, brown sugar, oil, eggs & vanilla.
- Add all dry ingredients and mix till blended. Stir in nuts.
- Frost with cream cheese. Top with fresh Tongan toasted coconut, chopped almonds & dry mango.