Frosted carrot squares

Frosted carrot squares

Get kids aged 8-14 busy in the kitchen this weekend, making this classic teatime treat

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 6-12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

plus cooling

Method

  1. Line an 18cm square tin with baking parchment. Ask your grown-up helper to turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grate the carrots on the fine side of the grater, then tip them into a large bowl.
  2. Sift the sugar, flour, bicarb and cinnamon on top of the carrot, then add the orange zest and mix everything around a bit.
  3. Break the eggs into a bowl (scoop out any bits of shell), then add them to the bowl along with the oil. Mix everything together well.
  4. Scoop the cake mix into your tin and level the top. Ask a grown-up to put it in the oven for 30 minutes or until the cake is cooked. Cool.
  5. To make the icing, mix the butter and icing sugar together, then stir in the soft cheese until smooth.
  6. When the cake is cool, spread the top with the icing and cut into squares. Decorate with sprinkles, if you like.

Per serving

665 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 72g, fat 40 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 2g, sugar 47g, salt 1.33 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2010.

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  • 24 September 2010

    janine commented on this recipe

    will try this tomorrow with the kids, watch this space!!

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  • 28 September 2010

    Cazzaaaa rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Great little recipe and very simple - I didn't bother grate carrot finely, coursely grated was fine. Very light and moist at the same time. Delicious!

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  • 04 October 2010

    Natalie rated this recipe

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  • 10 October 2010

    megentilly rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    adults and kids loved these cakes. has become a weekly favourite in our house.

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  • 27 November 2010

    Anna Smith commented on this recipe

    I love the topping but thats just because I love the toppings of all the carrot cakes!

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  • 27 November 2010

    Anna Smith rated this recipe

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  • 16 December 2010

    matrioski rated this recipe

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  • 30 January 2011

    Helen Donovan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great cake, very quick and easy - didn't bother with the fine grate either, or sieving the sugar - just gave it a good mix round abd broke up any lumpy bits. BRILLIANT!!

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  • 06 March 2011

    sinead rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    very yummy and very easy. didn't both with the topping, just dusted with icing sugar. will definitely be making again.

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  • 24 March 2011

    caroline rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was a great success at my granddaughter's birthday party!

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  • 24 March 2011

    caroline rated and commented on this recipe

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    This was a great success at my granddaughter's birthday party!

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  • 30 March 2011

    KagsMiskit commented on this recipe

    Will definitely try this one, so easy. All the ones I see seem so higher-grade!

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  • 24 June 2011

    bakingqueen commented on this recipe

    mmm it was delicious and soft but needs less sugar in the cake!

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  • 17 September 2011

    bigandy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is so easy, just chuck it all in a bowl and mix. My wife is a Resturaunt manager and the staff and chefs ask her to get me to make this nearly every week. YUMMY.

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  • 28 September 2011

    splodgemeister rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Simply scrumptious and very easy to make. I LOVE cream cheese frosting. However, I did manage to grate my knuckle with the carrots. I guess it's my own fault because at 29 years old I thought I didn't need an "adult helper"...looks like I was wrong!!! ;)

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  • 07 October 2011

    Prof Chef, 2 kids rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This recipe was almost perfect - simple to make with very young kids, moist and delicious. I would recommend adding 1 tsp of vanilla essence to the cream cheese topping though.

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  • 01 December 2011

    Fatface commented on this recipe

    SPLODGEMEISTER: I've discovered only recently how to grate without including my knuckles - and I'm 64, which is even worse. When the item (cheese, carrot etc) gets too small to hold safely put it in the palm of your hand and grate that way, usually right down to the last sliver. I'm about to make this cake for the first time; wish there was some way we could upload our photos.

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  • 10 April 2012

    Vicky rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for my Dad's birthday and it was great :D So easy to make. I forgot about the orange completely until I had put the cake in the oven so I just put a little of the juice and zest in the topping instead. Its moist, light, easy and delicious! I think it'll be my new carrot cake recipe.

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  • 30 April 2012

    Sarah C rated this recipe

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  • 19 May 2012

    bess2001 rated and commented on this recipe

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    this recipe is absolutely fool proof !!! This is my second one this week and it has gone down a treat. I am going to make it using gluten free flour for my niece as her two young boys are coeliacs.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 6-12

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

plus cooling

Ingredients

  • 200g carrots , peeled
  • 175g soft brown sugar
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • zest 1 orange
  • 2 eggs
  • 150ml sunflower oil

FOR THE ICING

  • 50g softened butter
  • 75g icing sugar
  • 200g soft cheese
  • sprinkles (optional)
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Per serving

665 kcalories, protein 8g, carbohydrate 72g, fat 40 g, saturated fat 13g, fibre 2g, sugar 47g, salt 1.33 g

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