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Vegetarian

Ingredients

For the Dessert

300 g Plain Flour

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

3 Eggs

300 g Light Brown Sugar

½ tsp Ground Ginger

1 Pinch Sea Salt

¼ tsp Vanilla Extract

100 g Walnuts (Chopped)

300 ml Sunflower Oil

1 tsp Baking Powder

300 g Carrots (Grated)

1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

For the Topping

1 tbsp Ground Cinnamon

For the Icing

125 g Cream Cheese

50 g Unsalted Butter

300 g Icing Sugar
* Always check the ingredient labels for allgergen information

This recipe will also make around 24 cup cakes.

Carrot and Walnut Cake

by Dan

Serves 12

Total 35 minutes

Oven Temp 170 °C - 25 minutes

Difficulty Super Easy

Chef Hummingbird

Method

  1. Put the sugar, eggs and oil in a large bowl and beat until incorporated. Add the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, salt and vanilla extract and continue to beat until well mxied.

  2. Stir in the finely grated carrots and walnuts until they are evenly dispersed.

  3. Pour the mixture into two greased cake tin and smooth over with a palette knife (alternatively 1 tbsp into muffin cases if making cup cakes). Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and the sponge bounces back when touched. Leave the cakes to cool.

  4. To make the cream cheese frosting beat the icing sugar and butter together until well mixed. Add the cream cheese and beat until the frosting is light and fluffy (do not overbeat however as it can quickly become runny).

  5. When the cakes are cold spread one-quarter of the cream cheese frosting over each of them. Add the cakes on top of one another and spread with the remaining frosting over the top and sides. Finish with a light sprinkling of cinnamon.