This carrot cake recipe is delicious, moist and ready in under an hour. It’s at the top of our ‘favourites’ list and the perfect go-to for a sweet teatime treat.
The carrots and light muscovado sugar help make it a moist, flavourful bake and add sweetness - all the qualities we look for when creating our classic cake recipes. It's topped with a rich, moreish cream cheese icing, and is best enjoyed with your friends and a cuppa.
12 ingredients5 steps
Vegetarian
Ingredients
MetricImperial
For the Cake
100mlSunflower oil
210gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar
3Free range large eggs
210gAllinson's Self-Raising White Flour
250gGrated carrots
1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
2 tspCinnamon
1/2 tspMixed spice
For the Icing
125gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
250gCream cheese
125gUnsalted butter (softened)
1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
Utensils
7in round cake tin
Mixing bowl
Wooden spoon
Nutritional information per 117g serving
Energy 536cal
Fat 32g
of which Saturates 9.2g
Carbohydrates 55g
of which Sugars 41g
Protein 5.3g
Salt 0.31g
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan /gas mark 4) and prepare two 7" circular sandwich tins.
Step 2
Sift the flour, baking powder, spices, and salt into a large bowl, then stir in the light muscovado sugar breaking down any lumps followed by the grated carrot, eggs, and sunflower oil, mixing until just combined before dividing the mixture evenly between the two prepared tins and placing them in the oven.
Ingredients for this step
100mlSunflower Oil
210gBillington's Unrefined Light Muscovado Sugar
3Free range large eggs
1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
250gGrated carrots
Step 3
Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the center. Remove from the oven.
Step 4
For the topping, beat together softened butter, icing sugar and vanilla to a soft buttercream texture. Then gently fold in the cream cheese. Chill the topping in the fridge for 10-15 minutes if it is too runny.
Ingredients for this step
125gSilver Spoon Icing Sugar
250gCream cheese
125gUnsalted butter (softened)
1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
Step 5
Sandwich together with half of the cream cheese mixture and spread the remainder on top. Finish with decorations of your choice. Walnuts work really well or alternatively you could pipe carrots with green and orange coloured buttercream icing.
