Carrot cake with cinnamon frosting

Name: Carrot cake with cinnamon frosting
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 zest and juice orange; 50 grams sultanas; 150 milliliters sunflower oil, plus extra for greasing; 2 eggs; 140 grams soft light brown sugar; 85 grams wholemeal self-raising flour; 85 grams self-raising flour; 2 teaspoons each ground cinnamon and ground mixed spice; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 140 grams carrots, coarsely grated; 50 grams walnuts, chopped, plus 3 halves to decorate; 200 grams soft cheese (we used full fat Philadelphia); 50 grams butter, softened; 85 grams icing sugar, sifted; 1 pinch pinch ground cinnamon

Carrot cake with cinnamon frosting is a dessert that serves 8. One serving contains 579 calories, 12g of protein, and 38g of fat. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires icing sugar, butter, ground cinnamon and ground spice, and bicarbonate of soda. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Easter. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 20 minutes. Users who liked this recipe also liked Carrot Cake Blondies {with cinnamon cream cheese frosting}, Healthy Whole Wheat Carrot Cake with Maple-Cinnamon Frosting, and Carrot Cake Bars with Cinnamon-Cream Cheese Frosting.

Instructions

If you have time to do it the night before, put the orange zest and juice in a bowl with the sultanas. If you dont have time simply stir the zest, juice and sultanas together and microwave on Medium for 1-2 mins.

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Orange Zest

Golden Raisins

Juice

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Microwave

Bowl

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 and grease and line the base and sides of a 2lb loaf tin.

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Base

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Oven

Whisk together the oil and eggs.

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Egg

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Mix together the sugar, flours, mixed spice, cinnamon and bicarb in your largest mixing bowl.

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Mixed Spice

Cinnamon

Sugar

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Mixing Bowl

Add the sultanas with any juice and zest left in the bowl, grated carrot, walnuts and whisked egg mixture into the dry ingredients, then thoroughly mix with a wooden spoon. Tip into the loaf tin and bake on the middle shelf for 1 hr, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool the cake in the tin.

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Golden Raisins

Walnuts

Carrot

Juice

Egg

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Wooden Spoon

Oven

Skewers

Bowl

Once cool, remove from the tin and make the icing. With an electric whisk beat together butter, cinnamon and icing sugar until it comes together and is smooth. It takes a little while to come together (will look like breadcrumbs for a bit).

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Breadcrumbs

Powdered Sugar

Cinnamon

Butter

Icing

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Whisk

Add the cream cheese and beat briefly until soft and smooth. Be careful not to overbeat or the cream cheese may split and become runny.

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Cream Cheese

Spread over the top of the cake and decorate with walnut halves.

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Walnut Halves

Spread

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Servings:

zest and juice orange 50grams

sultanas 150milliliters

sunflower oil, plus extra for greasing 2

eggs 140grams

soft light brown sugar 85grams

wholemeal self-raising flour 85grams

self-raising flour 2teaspoons

each ground cinnamon and ground mixed spice 1teaspoon

bicarbonate of soda 140grams

carrots, coarsely grated 50grams

walnuts, chopped, plus 3 halves to decorate 200grams

soft cheese (we used full fat Philadelphia)50grams

butter, softened 85grams

icing sugar, sifted 1pinch

pinch ground cinnamon

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port are great choices for Carrot Cake. 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. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.