Easy Carrot Cake Recipe | New Idea

Easy Carrot Cake Recipe | New Idea

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Early recipes for carrot cake had a healthier reputation – carrots and dried fruit were used for sweetness. Now it’s a teatime special and the cream cheese frosting makes it much more indulgent....

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Ingredients

  • 235ml vegetable oil, plus extra for the tin
  • 100g natural yogurt
  • 4 large eggs
  • ½ orange, zested
  • 1½ tsp vanilla extract
  • 265g self-raising flour
  • 335g light muscovado sugar
  • 2½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ fresh nutmeg, finely grated
  • 265g carrots (about 3), grated
  • 100g sultanas or raisins
  • 100g walnuts or pecans, roughly chopped (optional)
  • For the icing
  • 100g slightly salted butter, softened
  • 300g icing sugar
  • 100g full-fat cream cheese

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