Carrot Cake
Oven Time : 45 mins
What you need:
- 225g/8oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
- 150g/5oz Shamrock Light Muscovado Sugar
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Sultanas
- 150g/5oz Grated Carrot
- Grated Rind of 1 Orange
- 3 Eggs
- 175ml/6fl oz Sunflower Oil
- 1 teaspoon Goodall۪s Cinnamon
- teaspoon Goodall۪s Nutmeg
- Pinch Odlums Bread Soda
For icing:
- 125g/4oz Cream Cheese
- 125g/4oz Icing Sugar (sieved)
- 1 tablespoon Orange Juice (optional)
How to:
- Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and base line a 900g/2lb loaf tin. Can also be lined with a tin liner.
- Put sugar, sultanas, carrots and orange rind into a bowl.
- Beat eggs and oil together and stir into the carrot mixture.
- Sieve flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and bread soda together and add to the other Ingredients.
- Gently stir all Ingredients well together.
- Transfer to prepared tin and bake in the pre-heated oven for approx. 45 minutes in a central oven position.
- Cool in tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire tray to cool.
- To make icing...
- Beat all ingredients together until smooth
- When cake is fully cold, spread generously on top of cake
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What you need:
- 225g/8oz Odlums Cream Plain Flour
- 150g/5oz Shamrock Light Muscovado Sugar
- 125g/4oz Shamrock Sultanas
- 150g/5oz Grated Carrot
- Grated Rind of 1 Orange
- 3 Eggs
- 175ml/6fl oz Sunflower Oil
- 1 teaspoon Goodall۪s Cinnamon
- teaspoon Goodall۪s Nutmeg
- Pinch Odlums Bread Soda
For icing:
- 125g/4oz Cream Cheese
- 125g/4oz Icing Sugar (sieved)
- 1 tablespoon Orange Juice (optional)
How to:
- Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Grease and base line a 900g/2lb loaf tin. Can also be lined with a tin liner.
- Put sugar, sultanas, carrots and orange rind into a bowl.
- Beat eggs and oil together and stir into the carrot mixture.
- Sieve flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and bread soda together and add to the other Ingredients.
- Gently stir all Ingredients well together.
- Transfer to prepared tin and bake in the pre-heated oven for approx. 45 minutes in a central oven position.
- Cool in tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire tray to cool.
- To make icing...
- Beat all ingredients together until smooth
- When cake is fully cold, spread generously on top of cake
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