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  • Cake Mix
  • 260g Muscovado Sugar
  • 260ml Sunflower oil
  • 4 Large eggs
  • 4 medium carrots, grated

150g walnuts, chopped (extra for topping)

  • Zest of 1 large orange
  • 260g self-raising flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp grated nutmeg
  • Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting -
  • 10 oz Icing Sugar
  • 5 oz soft butter
  • 6 tsp ground cinnamon
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    Method

    • step 1

      Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4/fan 160C and line a deep medium sized cake tin.
    • step 2

      Add sugar into a large mixing bowl, oil and eggs. Lightly mix with a wooden spoon until mixed well.
    • step 3

      Stir in the grated carrots, raisins/walnuts and orange zest.
    • step 4

      Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spices together, then sift into the bowl.
    • step 5

      Lightly mix all the ingredients until evenly mixed - mixture will be soft and almost runny.
    • step 6

      Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 40- 45 minutes
    • step 7

      Cake is cooked when it is firm and springy when pressed and a skewer comes out clean. Leave the cake until it is cool throughout before adding the icing to the top.
    • step 8

      For the Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting -
    • step 9

      Mix soft butter and icing sugar together until soft and creamy, add cinnamon and lightly stir in.
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    A star rating of 5 out of 5.1 rating

    abarbieri1971

    A star rating of 5 out of 5.

    Wonderful carrot cake, so light and tasty maybe the best one I ever tasted

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