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A deliciously moist Càrrot Càke with à light ànd fresh Orànge Creàm-Cheese Frosting. This càrrot càke recipe is sure to become à fàvourite with your fàmily ànd friends!

Prep Time: 1 mins

Cook time: 75 mins

Total time: 95 mins

Yield: 10 servants

INGREDIENTS:

For the cake

• 2 eggs
• 140 ml (1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon) vegetable oil
• 180 g (1 cup plus 4 tablespoons) plain flour (all-purpose flour)
• 200 g (1 1/4 cup) light muscovado sugar or light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• pinch of fine salt
• 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 100 g (2/3 cup) raisins
• 300 g (11 oz or about 2 large) carrots, finely grated
• 75 g (3 oz) pecans or walnuts, chopped (optional)

For the orange cream-cheese frosting

• 250 g (9 oz) cream cheese (cold, from the fridge)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 50 g (1/2 stick) butter, softened
• 275 g (2 cups) icing sugar (powdered sugar), or to taste
• zest of 1 orange (optional)

To decorate

• marzipan carrots or chopped walnuts

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Preheat the oven to 150°C (300°F) (without fan).
• Grease and line a 13 cm x 23 cm loaf pan (5 x 9 inches).
• In a large bowl, or the bowl of a KitchenAid, beat together the eggs, oil and sugar until it is pale and thick.
• Add the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, ground cinnamon, nutmeg and mixed spice.
• Mix until well combined.
• Stir through the carrots, raisins and nuts (if using).
• The batter will be quite liquid but don’t worry about this.
• Pour the batter into the loaf pan and bake for about 1 to 1.25 hours, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• Leave the cake to cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before removing it to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the cream-cheese frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter together in a medium bowl. Add the vanilla extract, icing sugar and orange zest and mix to combine. The icing should be quite thick.
• If necessary, you can place the frosting in the fridge for about 10 minutes to firm up.
• Spread the frosting over the cooled cake and serve as is, or decorate with some marzipan carrots. You could also sprinkle over some chopped walnuts.

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