Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

I've tried many carrot cakes, and this is my favorite recipe. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:

1. Make ready 175 grams light muscovado sugar
2. Prepare 175 ml sunflower oil
3. Take 3 eggs
4. Prepare 140 grams grated carrot
5. Prepare 1 zest of half an orange
6. Make ready 100 grams sultanas or raisins
7. Make ready 175 grams self raising flour
8. Get 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
9. Take 1 tsp cinnamon
10. Take 1/2 tsp nutmeg (freshly ground is best)

This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. Carrot cake is cake that contains carrots mixed into the batter. Most modern carrot cake recipes have a white cream cheese frosting.

Instructions to make Carrot Cake:

1. preheat oven to 180°c/350°f and line a deep 9 inch cake tin with greaseproof paper
2. beat sugar and oil together to remove all lumps. add eggs, carrot, raisins and orange zest. combine
3. sieve together the flour, bicarb, cinnamon and nutmeg into the wet mixture. fold together until smoothish
4. pour mix into the cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes or until knife comes out clean or edges come away from tin
5. once done remove and leave to cool in a wire rack
6. carefully using a serrated bread knife to cut lengthways for filling. if you're not confident just divide mix into two tins instead of one just reduce cooking time and keep checking
7. classic filling is cream cheese frosting (check my other recipe) but leave whole and dust with icing sugar to reduce the calories

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