Preheat oven to 180ºC or 350ºF
Grease and flour a loaf tin or similar size cake tin.
Thoroughly combine in a bowl:
1 ½ cups Sugar
1 cup Veg Oil (I used rice bran oil, healthier oil than many apparently)
3 Eggs
Combine with the above:
2 cups Flour
1tsp Cinnamon (freshly ground is great)
1tsp Baking Soda
1tsp Vanilla
¼ tsp Ground Nutmeg
Mix in:
5 Medium carrots/ equivalent to 3 cups grated (chunky grater)
1 cup Walnuts (chunky as well)
Add to the tin and cook on the middle oven shelf for about 45mins checking the top for burning and, late into cooking, skewer. Any cake mix on skewer means it needs longer.
While cooking make a topping if you want one.
Combine until thoroughly mashed together and spread over the cool cake:
75g cream cheese
1tsp Vanilla essence
2 cups Icing Sugar or enough to make the icing sticky
Lemon zest or lemon juice (I've used lime and it's all good)
