Carrot Cake
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 8
Ingredients
- 175g white sugar
- 175 ml sunflower oil
- 4 med eggs
- 190 -200g grated carrots
- 100g raisins
- 100g chopped walnuts
- 175g total of S/R flour mixed (half and half) with Wheatbran
- 100g Strong wholemeal flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1tsp of each, nutmeg/ginger/cinnamon
- juice of a mandarin or small orange
- Grated zest of mandarin/small orang
- Icing Sugar
- Half fat cream cheese
Method
- STEP 1Preheat oven 170 oven/ fan 150 /gas 5
- STEP 2Wizz eggs, oil and sugar til frothy
- STEP 3sift flours, and add grated carrots and all dry ingredients mix
- STEP 4Add wet to dry ingredients and mix gently
- STEP 5pop into well greased tins (2) or cup cake cases and into the oven until risen and browned, 30 mins approx
- STEP 6Make up cream cheese and icing sugar topping to your own recipe, with a little orange flower water or more zest from orange,
- STEP 7Spread thickly onto cooled cup cakes or surface of cakes, sandwich together and add a topping layer. or serve without if you want to keep the calories low.
