Carrot Loaf Cake

• toplam süre: 1 hour 7 minutes

Malzemeler

175 ml sunflower oil

3 large eggs

200 g light brown sugar

250 g grated carrots

100 g raisins/walnuts (optional)

Zest of 1 orange

200 g self raising flour

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

2 tsp mixed spice

1 tsp ground ginger

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

125 g unsalted butter

125 g icing sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

250 g full-fat cream cheese

Chopped nuts

Sprinkles

Yöntemler

Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and grease and line a 2lb loaf tin

Mix the oil, eggs, sugar, orange zest/extract and carrots

Add the raisins, flour, bicarbonate, mixed spice, ginger, cinnamon & nutmeg and mix again

Pour the mixture into the tin, and bake in the oven for 55-60 minutes

Once baked, leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, and then cool on a wire rack.

Beat the butter on its own

Add in the icing sugar, and beat again

Add in the cream cheese and vanilla and beat.

Slather your cream cheese frosting over the top of the cake

Decorate with chopped nuts, carrot decorations or whatever you fancy