Grown-Up Carrot Cake

Name: Grown-Up Carrot Cake
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 300 g plain flour; 3 teaspoons cinnamon; 2 teaspoons ground ginger; 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 200 g brown sugar; 4 eggs; 250 ml sunflower oil; 1 orange, zest of; 1 lemon, zest of; 200 g carrots, finely grated; 150 g chopped walnuts; 125 g unsalted butter; 50 g icing sugar; 250 g cream cheese

Submitted by Snowbunny Andorra

"A carrot cake without the sickly sweetness."

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Ready In:: 1hr 25mins
Ingredients:: 15
Yields:: 1 cake

ingredients

300 g plain flour
3 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground ginger
¹⁄₂ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
200 g brown sugar
4 eggs
250 ml sunflower oil
1 orange, zest of
1 lemon, zest of
200 g carrots, finely grated
150 g chopped walnuts
125 g unsalted butter
50 g icing sugar
250 g cream cheese

directions

Heat your oven to 150°C.
Sift the flour, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl and mix together with the sugar.
In another bowl, beat the eggs, oil and zests together, then add the carrots and walnuts.
Fold into the flour mixture.
Pour into a greased and lined tin and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes, or until a skewer comes out cleanly. Once cooked, turn out and let cool.
Meanwhile, beat together the icing sugar and butter until light and fluffy, then fold in the cream cheese. Put in the fridge until stiffened.
Once the cake is cool, spread the topping over and serve.