Carrot Cake

For the carrot cake, preheat the oven to 160C/325F/Gas 3. Grease and line a 26cm/10in springform cake tin. Mix all of the ingredients for the carrot cake, except the carrots and walnuts, together in a bowl until well combined. Stir in the carrots and walnuts. Spoon the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and set aside to cool for 10 minutes, then carefully remove the cake from the tin and set aside to cool completely on a cooling rack. Meanwhile, for the icing, beat the cream cheese, caster sugar and butter together in a bowl until fluffy. Spread the icing over the top of the cake with a palette knife.

• 450ml of Vegetable Oil
• 400g of Plain Flour
• 2 tsp of Bicarbonate Of Soda
• 550ml of Sugar
• 5 of Eggs
• ½ tsp of Salt
• 2 tsp of Cinnamon
• 500g grated of Carrots
• 150g of Walnuts
• 200g of Cream Cheese
• 150g of Caster Sugar
• 100g of Butter