BBC Food - Recipes - Colossal carrot cake

Name: BBC Food - Recipes - Colossal carrot cake
Ingredients: 200g/7oz unsalted butter; 280g/10oz light brown muscovado sugar; 4 large free-range eggs; 1 tsp orange oil; 320g/11¼oz self-raising flour; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp ground cloves; ½ tsp salt; 320g/11¼oz grated carrots; 160g/5¾oz sultanas; 170g/6oz pecan nuts, toasted and chopped; 1 orange , zest and juice only; 1 orange , juice only; 50g/1¾oz caster sugar; 125g/4½oz unsalted butter; 250g/9oz icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla paste; 1 capful orange oil; 375g/13oz cream cheese; orange food colouring; green food colouring; 12 pecan nut halves

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Ian made 5 tiers of this cake for the Bake Off final, but here's a pared-back version to try at home - it tastes gorgeous! For this recipe you will need 2 piping bags, a basket weave nozzle and a...

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