Carrot Cake

Gina
Gina @cook_3731593
Grantham

unbelievably moist! :hungry so good and all thanks to my sister :flower it is now the only cake I am allowed make for my boyfriend

Carrot Cake

unbelievably moist! :hungry so good and all thanks to my sister :flower it is now the only cake I am allowed make for my boyfriend

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Ingredients

  1. 175 gramslight muscovado sugar
  2. 175 mlsunflower oil
  3. 3eggs
  4. 140 gramsgrated carrot
  5. 1zest of half an orange
  6. 100 gramssultanas or raisins
  7. 175 gramsself raising flour
  8. 1 tspbicarbonate of soda
  9. 1 tspcinnamon
  10. 1/2 tspnutmeg (freshly ground is best)

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    preheat oven to 180°c/350°f and line a deep 9 inch cake tin with greaseproof paper

  2. 2

    beat sugar and oil together to remove all lumps. add eggs, carrot, raisins and orange zest. combine

  3. 3

    sieve together the flour, bicarb, cinnamon and nutmeg into the wet mixture. fold together until smoothish

  4. 4

    pour mix into the cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes or until knife comes out clean or edges come away from tin

  5. 5

    once done remove and leave to cool in a wire rack

  6. 6

    carefully using a serrated bread knife to cut lengthways for filling. if you're not confident just divide mix into two tins instead of one just reduce cooking time and keep checking

  7. 7

    classic filling is cream cheese frosting (check my other recipe) but leave whole and dust with icing sugar to reduce the calories

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Hi I'm Gina from England. I love cooking anything and everything for my boyfriend, daughter and son. I like trying new recipes mainly comfort food and desserts.
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numnumnumnum
numnumnumnum @cook_3702206
This is lovely! Moist and delicious and simple to make, I will be making this again.

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