This is a wonderfully moist and spicy carrot cake. You can serve it as it is, but a nice vanilla-y cream cheese frosting accompanies it best, I think. And after some trouble concerning the consistency of cream cheese frostings (US citizens have some advantages there, Kraft sells Philadelphia cream cheese in a ‘brick’, which is much firmer than generic German cream cheese) I’m finally getting a grip on it. This recipe yields enough batter for a 9” (23cm) round cake pan.