I love to bake and I love to find reasons to bake, so when it is someones birthday at work, I have the perfect excuse. However, when I am requested to make a cake I have never even tried before, it scares me quite a bit! That did not matter, I had promised a birthday cake and so I was going to bake it! This birthday cake was made quite a while ago, I just have not had time to share it, but now finally, here is my recipe for Carrot Cake;

Ingredients

• 2tbsp of Cinnamon
• 1tbsp of Baking Powder
• 1/2tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda
• 300g of Flour
• 200g of Borwn Sugar
• 4 Eggs
• 250ml of Oil
• Zest of 1 Orange
• Zest of 1 Lemon
• 200g of Grated Carrot
• 150g of Crushed Walnuts

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C and grease a baking tin
2. In a large bowl sieve the cinnamon, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, flour and brown sugar together
3. In a separate jug whisk the eggs, oil, lemon and orange zest together
4. Slowly add the oil and egg mixture to the dry ingredients mixing as you go
5. Once combined add the grated carrots and mix again
6. Then add the walnuts and fold together
7. Pour into the baking tin and put into the oven for 45 minutes or until golden and cooked through
8. Allow to cool, then ice if desired.

To my amazement, Carrot Cake is actually nice! I was so shocked, I just was not sure about vegetables and cake as a combination, but I had been missing out and I am proud to say that the Carrot Cake was a complete success. This recipe makes a moist but crumbly cake that can be iced but tastes amazing without it too, the addition of orange and lemon gives it a really refreshing taste too!  This recipe takes a long time but really all of the time is spent in the preparation and once this is done, baking it is easy!

This recipe does not include the icing, but I just used regular Butter Cream Frosting and I have been told Cream Cheese Frosting tastes amazing with Carrot Cake!