Best to chill overnight for firm frosting and easy slicing.
Try adding 100g raisins to the cake mix. Also try decorating with toasted dessicated coconut, or lightly toasted walnuts.
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Yum, Yum! - 21 Oct 2011
I reduced the recipe by a quarter but next time would just do half the recipe. It might be the way I made it but was a bit stodgy (even for a Carrot Cake). Mind you, it all got eaten without any complaints! - 04 Jul 2013
I guess my cake tin wasn't deep enough as the mixture overflowed during baking but otherwise it was absolutely fantastic! I altered a few ingredients, for example using wholewheat flour, oat milk, and a little bit less carrot (making up the difference with the stuff left behind in the sieve when I made the oat milk! I also used a different icing. - 02 Nov 2011