Carrot Cake Recipe with Muscovado Sugar

Easy carrot cake

Name: Easy carrot cake
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 300g self-raising flour; 2 tsp cinnamon; ½ tsp baking powder; 100g dark muscovado sugar; 100g light muscovado sugar; 4 eggs; 250ml flavourless oil such as rapeseed; 1 orange zested; 200g carrots finely grated; 150g pecans snapped in half; 150g golden sultanas; 75g butter; 2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 250g soft cheese

Lulu Grimes

Published: February 11, 2021 at 1:20 PM

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Serves 10

Easy

Total time: 1 hr and 30 mins

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Everyone loves the spiced flavour of carrot cake. We use muscovado sugar for a rich flavour, golden sultanas and pecans for texture and a shot of syrup to sweeten the frosting

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Complete the dish

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Ingredients

Nutrition

300g self-raising flour
2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp baking powder
100g dark muscovado sugar
100g light muscovado sugar
4 eggs
250ml flavourless oil such as rapeseed
1 orange

zested
200g carrots

finely grated
150g pecans

snapped in half
150g golden sultanas

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

75g butter
2 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
250g soft cheese

Nutrition: per serving

kcal710
fat48.6g
carbs63g
fibre2.5g
protein9.2g
salt0.8g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 150C/fan 130C/gas 2. Line a 22cm deep springform cake tin with baking parchment or silicone paper. Sift the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and stir in the sugars, making sure any lumps are crushed. Beat the eggs with the oil and orange zest. Stir in the carrots then fold this and the rest of the ingredients, into the flour mixture. Spoon the mixture into the tin and level the surface. Bake for 1 hour 25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin.
step 2

For the frosting, beat the butter, sugar and syrup until soft and then beat in the cream cheese until you have a smooth mixture. Chill the mixture until it’s thick but spreadable. Pipe in whirls or spread a thick layer on top of the cake.

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