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Sarah's Carrot Cake

added by SarahT 3rd February 2009
at 11:38

A delicious cake that is moist and keeps well if you can manage to keep it to yourself!!

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Prep time

30 mins + icing time

Cook Time

25 mins

Servings

12 generous slices!

Ingredients

Cake:
175g grated carrots
2 ripe bananas, mashed
75g chopped walnuts
Zest of one orange
175ml sunflower oil
175g soft brown sugar
3 large eggs
300g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder
Icing:
100g soft curd cheese
100g softened butter
210g unrefined icing sugar, well sieved
½ tsp vanilla essence
Small handful of chopped walnuts to decorate if you wish

bananas, carrot, carrot cake, Walnuts, orange

Directions

Mix the carrots, bananas, walnuts, orange, oil, sugar and eggs in a large bowl. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and baking powder and gently mix into the carrot mixture, making sure that all the flour is incorporated without being over-mixed. Pour into two 20cm round baking tins, lined with buttered greaseproof paper. Bake for 25 minutes at 180 degrees C until firm to the touch and a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool on a rack. For best results, wrap in foil before totally cold and ice the next day. Soften the curd cheese and add the butter and continue mixing until they are totally mixed together. Gradually add the sieved icing sugar and beat in until smooth. Add the vanilla and beat again. Divide the icing over the 2 cakes, layer up and if you wish sprinkle with chopped walnuts. Enjoy!!

4 replies

RMT

Replied on 25th July 2009 10.39

Really good reliable recipe

StevenL

Replied on 22nd February 2009 20.25

Sarah T please bring in your cakes so that we can all benefit from your cakey magic. You're making me hungry ok!

Sass

Replied on 11th February 2009 14.23

This is really scrummy.

whiskers...

Replied on 11th February 2009 13.19

I can vouch for that! Sarah's cake is moist AND delicious!!

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