Carrot Cake with Orange Zest Icing
Prep:
25 mins
Cook:
50 mins
Gorgeous moist carrot cake with delicious orange cream cheese icing.
150ml sunflower oil
200g demerara sugar
2 eggs
300g carrots, peeled and grated
175g self raising flour
½ tsp bicarbonate soda
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of salt
Icing
100g cream cheese
200g icing sugar
1 orange, zested
Preheat the oven to 150°C/302°C/Gas mark 2
Grease and line a 900g loaf tin.
Whisk the sunflower oil, demerara sugar and eggs together.
Add the grated carrot and raisins and combine.
Sift self raising flour and bicarbonate soda into mix and fold in.
Add cinnamon and pinch of salt and mix in.
Transfer batter to prepared loaf tin.
Bake for 50 minutes or until a baking skewer comes out clean.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool.
Icing
Whisk together cream cheese, icing sugar and orange zest.
Spread over the top of the cake with a palette knife.
Slice and serve.
Serves
8
Preparation Time
25 minutes
Cooking Time
50 minutes
Main ingredients
Dairy, Flour, Eggs, Vegetables, Sugar, Oil
Recipe Type
Cakes & Baking, Dessert, Easy, Cake Stall, Vegetarian
Cuisine
Irish
Special Info
Vegetarian
Level of Difficulty
Easy