Carrot Cake

Makes one 30 cm round cake.

Ingredients

If you don't know how to convert grams to ounces etc., ask your 8-year old to do it on google for you.

300g carrot, peeled and finely grated
250g unsalted butter
300g soft brown sugar
4 large eggs, beaten
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon mixed spice
350g plain flour
1 level tablespoon baking powder
grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
250g finely ground almonds

For the icing and garnish:

250g cream cheese
200g icing sugar, sifted
grated zest and juice of 1 orange
60g chopped walnuts

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4.

You will need 1 x 30cm (12 inch) cake tin or springform mould, lightly oiled.

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs to the creamed mixture, beating well between each addition.

Sift the spices, a little salt, flour and baking powder together; fold into the creamed cake mixture. Stir in the carrots, lemon zest and juice and ground almonds. Put the mixture into the prepared cake tin and spread flat with a knife. Bake for 1 hour, or until cooked; a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake will come out clean when the cake is ready.

Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes. Loosen from the tin and lift onto a wire rack. Allow the cake to cool completely.

To make the icing:

Sift the icing sugar. Then put the cream cheese and icing sugar into a bowl and stir together until well combined. Add the orange zest and some of the juice to taste. Be careful not to add too much juice as the icing will become too liquid.
Spread it over the top of the cake and sprinkle the top with chopped walnuts. Keep refrigerated.

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6	carp
10	I baked the cake and eaten it in one day, im making another one, my mates call billy bunter.
9	Buonoooo.. Except I couldn't find cream cheese in Sainsbury.. ;)
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10	yes, WOW this carrot cake is yummy! LOVELY !!!!!!! LOVELY !!!!!!! LOVELY !!!!!!! LOVELY !!!!!!!
9	LOVELY !!!!!!!
5	yes, WOW this carrot cake is yummy!
8	It's very good, tastes lovely, but please be a little more specific with the actual recipe.
10	made it for mates at the local, as someone was leaving, must have been good, had free drinks all night !
8	this recipe is good but needs more exact amounts, for example; 1 teaspoon of mixed spice, i have looked for mixed spice and all i can find is some stuff with chillis in, i expect this will not taste too great with the sweetness of the carrot cake. the rest is fine though ! :)
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10	I'm a young child and I cooked my carrot cake very well because of this site so don't undermine us.
9	BRILLANT
8	Yummy yummy......getting fatter as I read it
7	not quite so convenient size page for printing and putting in my recipe book had to type it out
10	i think this is a good idea to have this and i think this page is great natalie
10	I love your CARROT CAKE so I am makimg it again!
10	carrot cake is cool man..
10	the best eva
9	ok
9	I think this is a very good recipe but if younger children were to tru and make this they wouldnt really understand it. But all in all it was a good recipe and i will make this again in the future.And it tastes gorgeous.Thank you
9	Very easy. Love it.
5	i fink this really did help me ,,, buh not reealli clearly x
4	the instructions and the recipe were to much to keep up with so next time please make it shorter and easy to read!!!! but it was delicious anyway thanks.
10	very clear and easy to understand!!
7	is there a carrot cake recipe where one uses oilNULL I am trying to remember a recipe from my childhood. Cheers
10	Briliant - I am calling it carrot 'heaven' cake. I think the ground almonds made a 'finer' texture and a more delicious cake. I added coffee butter icing and its spot on. Thanks.
10	i think this carrot cake is fab and set out very neatly thanks for putting it online now i can enjoy a tasty home made carrot cake two.
5	not bad why does it need all the fancy stuff
5	Ok but wouldv'e helped if there was some pictures thanks anyway.
10	sooooooooooo delious better than best
4	not so good, frosting disaster
10	Made a carrot cake from an old recipe from the USA today, It was a disaster :-(, so I am now trying your recipe. The mixture consistncy looks so much better, so here's keeping my fingers crossed. Thankx
9	very good instructions,forget the almonds though,stick to walnuts!!
10	carrot cake rulesss!!!
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10	i love carrot cakes delicious
10	That was the best thing I have ever tasted!
8	Good, clear instructions, helped me alot!
10	I'ts really gonna help me
10	2nd time with your recipe, tastes even better this time. Gr8 carrot cake and so much flavour. Thank you. The iceing was really nice aswell (I don't understand why people don't like it) everything is sooooooooo tasty! :-D
10	beacause i have ate the=is cake before and it ace i love it
10	brilliant did not like the iceing
3	not the best carrot cake, I did not enjoy the frosting, and why walnut garnish when almonds are called for in cakeNULL It would have been better with walnuts used for everything, I think the almonds were used just so you could say it wasn't a regular carrot cake, sometimes tradional is the best
9	cake was lovely, but wasnt over struck on the icing.
10	belta!!! and a snake belt
10	"If you don't know how to convert grams to ounces etc., ask your 8-year old to do it on google for you." - I love it!
10	Absolutely lovely cake!
10	it is relley good But a little dray !!!!!!!!!!!!!! yummy sounds delicious! i luv carrot cake good recipe give it a go cool so nice!!!!!! gonna give this a go sounds really yummy

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Preparation

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