Carrot & Apple Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting from Bake by Lorraine Pascale

Ingredients

• 350 ml vegetable oil
• 6 eggs
• 60 g Granny Smith apple, grated (about ½ apple)
• 350 g wholemeal or regular self-raising flour
• 350 g soft light brown sugar
• 250 g carrot, grated
• 1 tsp each baking powder and bicarbonate of soda
• finely grated zest of 2 oranges, plus extra to decorate (optional)
• seeds of ½ vanilla pod or ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tsp mixed spice
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 quantity maple syrup cream cheese buttercream