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Wholemeal carrot and honey cake recipe
Wholemeal carrot and honey cake recipe
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A healthier version of tea time favourite, carrot cake.

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Cook Time
  • 45-50 minutes
Servings
  • At least 12
Ingredients
  • * 4 eggs
  • * 150g golden caster sugar
  • * 300ml rapeseed oil or, for a slightly lighter flavour, 150ml each rapeseed and sunflower oil
  • * 4 medium-large carrots, peeled and finely grated
  • * 300g wholemeal self-raising flour
  • * ½ tsp salt
  • * ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • * 400g jar runny honey
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  • For the icing (optional)
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  • * 125g unsalted butter, softened
  • * 250g cream cheese
  • * Finely grated zest of 3 oranges
  • * 50g-100g icing sugar, or to taste, sieved
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Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas 4. Grease and line a 23cm diameter, springform cake tin. 2. Put the eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl, or the bowl of a mixer. Using the mixer, or electric beaters, beat together for about 10 minutes, until pale, foamy and slightly thickened. Add the oil and beat for a couple of minutes more. 3. Combine the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda and sieve them into the mixture. Tip any bran left in the sieve into the mixture too. Fold in lightly. Finally, fold in the grated carrot. Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. 4. Scrape the honey into a saucepan. Set over a low heat and heat gently until the honey is liquid. Pierce the hot cake all over with a small knife, or a skewer. Slowly pour on the hot honey so it soaks into the cake. Leave in the tin to cool completely before turning out. 5. The cake is lovely just like this but, if you'd like to ice it, beat the soft butter in a bowl until smooth and fluffy, then beat in the cream cheese and orange zest. Sweeten to taste with sieved icing sugar. Spread over the cake when it's cold.
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vicki280...
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I made this yesterday from the Everyday book. It looked amazing but had a very odd aftertaste. I used all sunflower oil as I don't like rapeseed oil. could this be the reason?

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