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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Russian Mafia (carrot cake)

1,5 cup of oil
2 cups sugar
3 whole eggs and one egg white, well beaten (you can forget the extra egg..)
2 cups flour
a little salt
a fair a;ount of cinamon
2 table spoons of baking powder ( i think we put less)
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup golden raisins
3 cups of grated carrots

preheat oven relatively hot.
in a large bowlm mix oil and sugarm beat well. (beater)
add the eggs.
add the flour gradually with baking powder.
nuts, raisins.
grated carrots very gradually.
beat well.
bake for one hour.

ICING:
100 gr butter
200 gr cream cheese ( saint moret works but mascarpone might be better)
2 cups of icing sugar (I put less)
vanilla extract
a little alcohol
mix the butter to cheese, add the sugar and the rest. beat. put a little in the fridge before cuting the cake in two, i filling with icing both inside and on top.

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