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Carrot Cake Recipe

Carrot Cake
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Carrot Cake

The lightest and most moist carrot cake you'll ever make and so simple too. Our easy step by step instructions and pictures guide you through the process.

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE CAKE

175g / 6oz Muscavado sugar

175ml / ¼ pint Sunflower oil

Three eggs, large

140g / 5oz grated carrots

90g / 3oz Raisins

Grated zest of one orange

175g / 6oz self raising flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon nutmeg

FOR THE ICING

175g / 6oz icing sugar

2 tablespoons orange juice

Nutrition information per portion
 
PREPARATION TIME
: 15 minutes
 
COOKING TIME: 45 minutes
 
DIFFICULTY: Very easy
 
FREEZE: Yes
 
SERVINGS: 12 slices
 
EQUIPMENT: 18cm square baking tin

PREPARATION

Preheat the oven to 180C / Fan 160C / Gas 4, then oil and line the cake tin with greaseproof paper.

RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1

Put the sugar in a bowl, pour in the oil and eggs. Mix lightly together, then add the grated carrots, raisins and orange zest. Evenly mix in the rest of the ingredients for the cake mixture (not the icing). The mixture should be soft and slightly runny.

Carrot cake mixture
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Carrot cake mixture

STEP 2

Pour the cake mixture into the ready prepared baking tin and cook for 40 - 45 minutes until the cake feels spongy when you press the top.

Cool the cake in the tin for about 5 minutes then turn out onto a cooling wire.

You can freeze at this point.

Cooked carrot cake
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Cooked carrot cake

STEP 3

Whilst the cake is cooling make the icing by mixing together the icing sugar and orange juice. The consistency should be like that of single cream.

Making icing for carrot cake
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Making icing for carrot cake

STEP 4

Put the carrot cake onto the serving plate and drizzle the icing diagonally over the top of the cake allowing it to run down the sides.

Cut into 12 pieces and serve with a delicious cup of tea.

Iced Carrot Cake
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Iced Carrot Cake

1 RATINGS GIVEN - AVERAGE 4 star rating
4 star rating
1 December 2021
From: Not Given
Apart from the icing I thought this cake was great and so easy.
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