Here is a recipe for a great carrot cake, a real favourite amongst many of us young and old. Make sure you take your time with the preparation of this recipe to ensure that it comes out perfect!
Ingredients
375g caster sugar
250g butter (unsalted)
4 medium sized eggs
450g grated carrots
1 orange (juice of)
150g chopped almonds
2 grated orange rind
250g plain flour
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp mixed spices
1 tbsp vanilla essence
pinch of salt
Icing
225g soft cheese
65g unsalted butter
(make sure both butter and cheese are at room temperature)
40g sifted icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
Method
1. Heat up an oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
2. Grease a 23cm/9in cake tin.
3. Beat the butter, orange rind and sugar until fluffy.
4. Add the eggs (not too fast), beat them well one by one before adding the rest.
5. Add the grated carrot and chopped almonds.
6. Add the vanilla essence and orange juice.
7. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, spice and salt together, then mix this into the cake mixture.
8. Move the mixture into the prepared spring-form tin and bake in the oven for about 45 mins to 1 hour. To check if the cake is ready, insert a skewer into the middle of the cake, if this comes up quite clean, then the cake should be done.
9. For the preparation of the icing, cream the cheese and the butter together until they are nice and smooth.
10. Add the icing sugar and vanilla essence, and mix until smooth. This frosting should be quite rich
11. Spread the icing generously over the top of the cake and you are done!
Serves: 12
Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time: 60 mins
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tasted great – thanks!
i have made this 3 times and has been lovely ervy time
there’s a mistake in the amount of sugar for the icing. It can’t be 400g. I tried it and it makes it completely liquid and is far too sweet. I reckon it should be 40g. Possibly a mistake made when converting imperial to metric? It also needs a lot more mixed spice, at least twice the amount stated.
iz it ezy 4 a 12 yr old coz i want 2 make it 4 m dad coz itz fathers day so plz tel m xxx
Very disappointing. Followed recipe to the letter. After 2 hours in oven, STILL not cooked.
Icing, far too sweet and far too sloppy. 400g icing sugar turned the topping into a sludgy goo
RUBBISH RECIPIE: do not make this it is hopelessly rubish wasted £7 on this. not recomenened!
I found this recipe a while ago and have made it now about 8 times. It’s always been a hit with my friends and family. I find I have to cook it for much longer than instructed, for an hour at mark 5 then a further half hour with foil on top to prevent burning the sides and top. Topping is sweet and that’s how I like it, and it does go quite liquid. To deal with this I return the cake to its expandable tin prior to laying on the topping so it’s prevent it just flowing off and down the sides. In a cold fridge it tends to solidify enough that you can take the tin away after a few hours. Hope this helps anyone wishing to try it!