24 Carrot Cake

This is the MOST EXPENSIVE CAKE IN THE WORLD! Well okay, not really, but the 24 Carrot Cake is definitely the most expensive LOOKING cake and it tastes like a million bucks, so I count that as close.

FUN FACT: There are actually 24 baby carrots used in the cake recipe, so the title is completely legit.

Ingredients

1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup superfine (castor) sugar
6 tbsp brown sugar
5 eggs
24 small baby carrots (approx. 3/4 cup)
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/4 cup self-rising flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 3/4 tsp cinnamon
1 3/4 tsp ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp turmeric
pinch of salt
butter to line the pan

1 1/4 cup (10 oz) cream cheese
1/2 cup room temperature butter
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon juice

24oz package of white fondant
24oz package of yellow fondant
red, yellow, and green food coloring
23 karat edible gold leaf (25 sheets)

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