Easy Carrot Cake

Easy Carrot Cake

By Flora
This easy-to-make carrot cake is a perfect recipe to bake together as a family!
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Ingredients

10 total
  • 115 g of plain flour
  • 250 ml of sunflower oil
  • 350 g of caster sugar
  • 2 lemons, grated, for the topping
  • 225 g of icing sugar, for the topping
  • 200 g of self-raising wholemeal flour
  • 2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
  • 3 large carrots, peeled and grated
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp of cinnamon

Method

4 steps
  1. Step 1

    Mix both flours, sugar, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda together.

  2. Step 2

    Mix in the carrot and gradually beat in Flora Cuisine and eggs. Pour into a greased and lined 20cm square cake tin.

  3. Step 3

    Bake in a preheated oven at 180C/ Gas 4, for 45-55 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

  4. Step 4

    Use a sharp knife to remove the outer pith and then segment the lemons. Squeeze out the remaining juice and add to the icing sugar in a bowl with the segments. Mix gently and spread over the cake. Sprinkle with the zest.