Banana & carrot Cake

Name: Banana & carrot Cake
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 180 grams soft brown sugar; 180 grams plain flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 pinch pinch of salt; 1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of soda; 180 grams Sunflower oil; 120 grams walnut pieces or almonds; 2 ripe bananas, mashed; 180 grams grated carrot; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon mixed spice; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 handful sultanas (Or mixed fruit if needs using); 1 Zest of orange; 2 Tbsps fresh orange juice (You could use half an orange in juice for a really moist cake, if you do then decorate with small zigzags of icing rather than a heavy topping); 80 grams Butter; 80 grams Cream cheese; 175 grams icing sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 serving chopped walnuts or almonds to decorate

Banana & carrot Cake is a lacto ovo vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 756 calories, 9g of protein, and 48g of fat. This recipe serves 8. It will be a hit at your Easter event. A mixture of butter, brown sugar, orange zest, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as chocolate banana carrot cake – eggless chocolate banana carrot cake, Banana Carrot Cake, and Carrot & Banana Cake.

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 170C. Line and grease a 20cm diameter cake tin.

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Cake Form

Oven

Mix the sugar, eggs and orange juice until well combined and thickened. sift in (Together) the flour, baking powder, salt, bicarb, cinnamon, mixed spice and nutmeg.

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Baking Powder

Orange Juice

Mixed Spice

Cinnamon

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

Mix these all together thoroughly and then add the oil, almond/walnuts, bananas, carrot, sultanas and Zest. Give this a thorough mix then pour into the prepared cake tin.

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Golden Raisins

Banana

Walnuts

Almonds

Carrot

Cooking Oil

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Cake Form

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until it is cooked. Remember if the skewer or knife comes out clean then it is ready. If it is not ready and is starting to get quite brown on the top then place a piece of foil over the top. When out of the oven cool on a wire rack.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Skewers

Knife

Aluminum Foil

If icing: Beat the butter and cheese together to form a smooth paste, then add the sugar and vanilla.

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Vanilla

Butter

Cheese

Icing

Sugar

Spread all over the cold cake and decorate around the edges with the whole nuts. I don't decorate our cakes as I am always making them for lunches and too much sugar is a sin!!! However I always decorate my cakes for visitors etc. If you like a topping but like me take them to work, then just before you put the cak in the oven either place some blanched almonds on top of the mixture or some demerara sugar sprinkled all over, this gives a sweet crunchy top! Or mix a very small drop of water in some sieved icing sugar until it makes a thick paste and pour in streaks over the top of your cold cake. This is sweet but less messy than cheese topping!

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Blanched Almonds

Demerara Sugar

Powdered Sugar

Cheese

Spread

Sugar

Water

Nuts

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Oven

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Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Carrot Cake can be paired with Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. One wine you could try is NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry. It has 5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 19 dollars.