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Best Ever Carrot Cake
Best Ever Carrot Cake
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Best Ever Carrot Cake

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15 mins
50 mins
Easy
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Best ever carrot cake recipe - so moist, so delicious, so hard to resist. Topped with a smooth cream cheese icing, it’s perfect for any occasion - or just because. One bite, and you’ll see why it’s a favourite! Enjoy!

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  • Ingredients
  • Method

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup self raising flour (113g)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 cup Chelsea Raw Sugar or Chelsea Organic Coconut Sugar (225g)
  • 3/4 cup wholemeal flour (113g)
  • 2 cups grated carrot (approx. 4 medium carrots)
  • 3/4 cup chopped walnuts (90g)
  • 1/2 cup sultanas or raisins (70g)
  • 2 Tbsp desiccated coconut
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup rice bran oil or canola oil (250ml)
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence

Cream Cheese Icing

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Icing Sugar

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Raw Sugar

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Method

Preheat oven to 180ºC bake / 160ºC fan bake. Grease a 23cm round cake tin (6cm deep) and line with baking paper.

Sift self raising flour, baking soda and spices into a large mixing bowl. Stir in sugar and wholemeal flour. Add carrot, walnuts, sultanas and coconut and mix in.

In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, oil and vanilla together. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in the liquid ingredients. Mix until just combined.

Pour mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the surface. Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until cooked (cake should spring back when lightly pressed on top, and a skewer inserted into the centre should come out clean). 

Cool in tin for 15 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack. Once completely cool, swirl icing over the top.

Cream Cheese Icing
Beat cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add icing sugar and beat on low speed to combine. Increase speed to high and beat until light and fluffy.

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