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Step 1
Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius (175C if using fan forced). Grease two round cake tins with baking paper.
Step 2
Using an electric mixer beat eggs, oil, and sugar until pale.
Step 3
With a wooden spoon fold through dry ingredients.
Step 4
Add carrot, pineapple and pecans and stir until well combined.
Step 5
Pour the mixture equally into the prepared tins.
Step 6
Bake for 30-35mins or until just cooked through and golden (longer if using only one tin).
Step 7
Cool in pan 5 mins before turning onto cake rack.
Step 8
To make the frosting, beat cream cheese with icing sugar until well combined and smooth.
Step 9
Fold through melted, white chocolate. Spread over cooled cake.
Step 10
Preheat oven to 190 degrees celsius (175 degrees if using fan forced). Grease two round cake tins with baking paper.
Step 11
Peel and roughly chop the carrots. Grate carrot in the TM bowl on Speed 5 for 5-10 seconds (depending on how course you would like your carrot – I prefer mine finely grated). Place the carrot in a separate bowl and wipe out the TM bowl.
Step 12
Place the pecans into the TM bowl and chop on Speed 8 for 5 seconds. Place the pecans into the bowl with the grated carrot.
Step 13
Add the eggs, oil and sugar to the TM bowl and mix on Speed 5 for 20 seconds.
Step 14
Add the dry ingredients and mix on Speed 5 for 10 seconds.
Step 15
Add the carrot, pecans and pineapple and mix on Reverse Speed 3 for 20 seconds (you may need to use the spatula to help).
Step 16
Bake for 30-35mins or until just cooked through and golden (longer if using only one tin).
Step 17
Cool in pans for 5 mins before turning onto a wire cake rack to cool completely.
Step 18
Grate the chocolate in the TM bowl by turning up to Speed 8 for 5 seconds, then melt on Speed 3 for 3 minutes, 50 degrees. Set chocolate aside to cool.
Step 19
Mix the cream cheese, cooled chocolate and the icing sugar in the TM bowl on Speed 6 for 20 seconds. Spread half of the cream cheese on top of one of the cakes.
Step 20
Add the second cake layer on top of the icing.
Step 21
Spread the remaining icing over the top of the cake.