I use this recipe, it's an old woman's weekly one. It's easy & delish!

I don't put in the ginger, and I usually put more nuts in

Pippa’s Home & Away Carrot Cake Recipe

You’ll need

1 cup self raising flour
1 tsp bicarb soda
½ tsp ground cloves
½ tsp cinnamon
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1½ cups finely grated carrot
½ cup sultanas
½ cup glaced ginger (~125g), chopped
½ cup chopped walnuts
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
To cook

Sift flour, soda & spices. Stir in sugar, carrot, sultanas, ginger & nuts then combined eggs and oil. Beat the whole thing for 5 mins then bake in a moderate oven for an hour.

Icing

60g cream cheese
1 tsp lemon rind
30g soft butter
1½ cups icing sugar
To cook

Beat cream cheese, lemon rind & butter then beat in sifted icing sugar


HTH

ETA: you don't really need to beat the mixture, just give it a good stir... it's far too chunky to use a beater!