Carrot Cake

Makes one 30cm / 12" cake.

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Ingredients
350	grams	plain flour
3 3/4	carrots	carrot	(300 grams)
300	grams	brown sugar (soft)
250	grams	butter
250	grams	ground almonds
4	eggs	egg	(200 grams)
1	lemon	lemon	(100 grams)
2 1/4	teaspoons	cinnamon, ground	(8 grams)
1 1/8	teaspoon	mixed spice	(4 grams)
3/4	teaspoons	baking powder	(4 grams)
3/4	teaspoons	cardamon, ground	(3 grams)
	For the Icing
250	grams	cream cheese
1	orange	orange	(200 grams)
200	grams	icing sugar
60	grams	chopped walnuts

Salt content: 0% (by weight, not counting salt in other ingredients)

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/ 350 Fahrenheit / gas mark 4.

You will need 1 x 30cm (12 inch) cake tin or spring form mould, lightly oiled.

Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs to the creamed mixture, beating well between each addition.

Sift the spices, a little salt, flour and baking powder together; fold into the creamed cake mixture. Stir in the carrots, lemon zest and juice and ground almonds. Put the mixture into the prepared cake tin and spread flat with a knife. Bake for 1 hour, or until cooked; a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake will come out clean when the cake is ready.

Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool for 5 minutes. Loosen from the tin and lift onto a wire rack. Allow the cake to cool completely.

To make the icing:

Sift the icing sugar. Then put the cream cheese and icing sugar into a bowl and stir together until well combined. Add the orange zest and some of the juice to taste. Be careful not to add too much juice as the icing will become too liquid. Spread it over the top of the cake and sprinkle the top with chopped walnuts.
Keep refrigerated.

8	Am I to presume the 3 3/5 carrots are to be shredded or cut in small cubes? How about the orange? Again, presume it needs to be cut and juice remove but how about the pulp?
6	Need more explanation
9	wow mines came out perfect thank merry xmas and a happy new year
10	Love it make you perfect wish you all the best for this Christmas and a happy new year!!! :D
10	Looks sooo delicious. Thanks, I will definitely try this tomorrow.
10	does this recipe acthully work?
10	yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
10	The instructions were very clear & my cake turned out perfect. Though no-one liked the topping so I'll have to use butter cream or orange icing next time.
9	nice
10	Im jus starting an dis is looking awsome!!!!!!!!!!!
10	what if we don't have icing sugar and we are unable to by it? Is it ok if we could use normal white sugar?
7	really very nice!!
8	Brill, i loved making the cake and eating it! :)
9	nice cake
10	got to try!!!!!!!
10	got to try!!
10	brill
10	brill ... i am a cake novice ... me and finn who is 2 enjoyed the making and the eating
10	very clear steps
8	this cake is fabo.
10	It gave me food poisoning..I JOKE I JOKE.
5	Whoever posted that the recipe didn't say when to add cinnamon etc.,obviously didn't read it properly-its there as plain as daylight. Lovely cake!!
10	i
8	Made this cake today,It is a very good moist cake but beware when making the icng make sure you buy a high quality cream cheese,as i purchased a run of the mill cheese and even before i added any juice to the mixture it became obvious that the mix was far to runnt.I can only imagine this was the poor quality of the cream cheese,So then i had to add even more icing, in turn this made the topping so very sweet and sickly.Overall the cake is good but thought the method of the reciepe was a little shady in information,carrots well i finely grated mine but no information on what you should do with them,I to took the liberty of adding half of the juice of an orange to the mixture,glad i did it adds a little more flavour to the cake to.Would i make this cake again ?? probubly yes but i would find another receipe for the topping to use on it.
5	not that tasty
9	Very tasty but it does'nt tell u when to add the cinnamon and cardamon.
10	really good
10	yep great guide to adapt and make your own 11/10
10	baking this for the second time this week as first one was devoured in 2 days. spot on!!!!!!!
10	thank you, i will rather practice it. Bosha
5	50/50
10	cake was lovely work in restront i got the best coments eveeeeeeeeeeeer !!!!!!!
10	Very informative, will use again.
10	Lovely cake recipe thanx!
10	digusting i hated the cake
10	love it!
10	thanx fem
10	whooo!!!!!best i ever tasted in yrs
2	it was shit
10	sounds tastyyyyyyyy
4	ok
10	this page is class it was very tastyyyyyyyy
10	This sounds yummy but when u taste it u will want more. It is the yummyiest thing in the world. It is even better than my mum's Carrot cake alough it is yummy there is a bit of a cool side to it aswell
10	thanks for the Ingredients
10	oh i miss this cake...i really love it..
7	the cake was very nice and the whole family loved it :) brill xx
10	this cake looks very nice i have made it and i would die for it !! :)x
10	fuck
10	very good and so sexy
10	this is cool