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Carrot cake for a crowd
( SERVES 12 )

Annabel Langbein

Publication: Canvas

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Ratings: 5.0 / 5 FROM 1

Carrot cake for a crowd

5.0 / 5 FROM 1

This glorious cake is incredibly simple to make and always earns compliments. I’ve kept it simple here, but you can add ½ cup raisins and ¼ - ½ cup chopped walnuts if you wish.

Ingredients

4 Eggs
2 cups Raw sugar, or white sugar
1 cup Neutral oil
3 medium Carrots, grated (about 3 cups)
1 cup Wholemeal flour
1 cup Flour
2 tsp Ground cinnamon
1 tsp Mixed spice
1 tsp Ground ginger
¼ tsp Salt
2 tsp Baking soda
1 Tbsp Orange juice

Cream cheese icing

1 cup Cream cheese, (not low-fat)
75 g Butter, at room temperature
4 cups Icing sugar
1 Lemon, finely grated zest, or more to taste
¼ cup Lemon juice, or more to taste

To garnish (optional)

1 sprinkle Dried apricots, chopped
1 handful Pumpkin seeds
1 handful Chopped walnuts
1 sprinkle Orange zest, shredded

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C fanbake. Grease the sides of a 25cm springform cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
  2. Place eggs, sugar and oil in a food processor, electric mixer or mixing bowl and whizz or beat to combine. Add carrot, flours, cinnamon, mixed spice, ginger and salt. Pulse or mix until just combined – don’t over-mix. Dissolve baking soda in orange juice and pulse or stir into cake mixture. Transfer to prepared tin and bake until springy to the touch and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean (55-60 minutes). Allow to cool in tin for 10-15 minutes before removing from tin and cooling on a cake rack. The un-iced cake will keep in an airtight container in a cool place for up to a week.
  3. To make the cream cheese icing, whizz or beat all ingredients in a food processor or bowl until smooth.
  4. Ice cake and garnish with apricots, pumpkin seeds, walnuts and orange zest, if desired.

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  • ingridm
    ingridm
    added 198 days ago

    Can this cake be made with less than 2 cups of sugar?

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