Easy carrot cake!
Why the hell not? It’s carrot, it’s healthy then isn’t it? 😉 and everyone loves a carrot cake I’m sure.
And this is the Best carrot cake! – I promise!
This is possibly the easiest one you will ever make. It’s so easy, simple and I promise it’s so worth it!
If you want you can easily leave leave the icing off if you like, but it is VERY nice with it, yum!
The Ingredients for your Carrot Cake
It’s a really simple cake but oh so delicious
These are the ingredients (full details on the recipe card at the bottom)
Moist Carrot Cake?
Please please forget those old dry carrot cakes, you know the ones that fall apart as they have NO moisture?
This is so moist and soft textured – delicious!
And it’ll keep moist for a few days in the tin or in the fridge if you’ve got icing on it without any problem. No drying out here!
The secret to this moist carrot cake is it’s made with vegetable oil, sunflower in fact!
This also means there’s no creaming of the butter & sugar – winning!!
The main reason is the use of oil rather than another fat, somehow it retains the moistness.
Look at how glossy it is
Carrot Cake Icing
If you’re trying to be good ditch the icing.
The cake is so good, it’s made from cream cheese and icing sugar – yum.
But you can do without it? – but it’s GOOD with the icing too!
I’ll leave that decision to you.
The topping is a lovely mix of Cream Cheese, butter and icing sugar, it’s not too sweet at all
Enjoy and let me know how you go, please drop me a comment and let me know if you think it’s the Best carrot cake?! ever?!
I’ll tell you something for nothing, Pinterest loves it! Like really loves it!
So many lovely lovely comments
Other Vegetable Cakes
I’m really interested in vegetables in cakes. Actually next I fancy trying to make a parsnip cake?
Have you ever tried? If so let me know your recipe….
I already have Brownies made with courgettes have a look!
You can also use black beans in a cake (yes really!), it really is amazing , check out the Vegan Chocolate Cake
Have fun baking! I love to bake, do you, only issue I face is that I can’t resist eating it?
These days I tend to bake for friends and family and give it away!
It’s the safest way for my waist band
Thanks Clare x
Easy Loaf Cakes
And I love a loaf cake – check out these beauties
Easy carrot cake
Ingredients
- 150 ml sunflower oil
- 180 g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon never tried with mixed spice but a little 'birdy' tells me it's good
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 carrots grated - medium/large whatever
- 110 g soft brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 90 g golden syrup
- ICING
- 100 g cream cheese or light philly
- 50 g butter
- 250 g icing sugar
- ½ tsp cinnamon optional
Instructions
- Put all the cake ingredients in a bowl (except sunflower oil) and mix until well combined (not the icing parts)
- Then add oil in 2 lots and mix again
- Pour into lined 8 inch x 8 inch tray. Or a 2llb (900g) Loaf tin (with a liner or lined)
- Bake at 180°C for approx 25 to 30 mins Approx. Or 30-40 mins if it's a loaf.
- Leave to cool in tin for 30 mins and tip out.
- Icing -
- Cream together butter and cream cheese, until smooth
- Slowly add icing sugar and cinnamon
- Spread on top of cake and cut to desired size.
Jt
Thank you , I’m eager to try this lovely sounding cake
Jane f
Can I make this without the bicarbonate???
Clare x
Hi Jane – should be ok – maybe a little denser cake – give it a go Cx
Mara
I made it as a trial run for the Village Hall fair this weekend, last week. Disaster. Too much for a 1lb tin. Made it today in a 2lb tin absolutely perfect but…… At 180 degrees fan took nearly an hour. I am the worst baker ever so it is probably just me ?
Clare x
Hi Mara – sorry to hear that – I’ve updated the tin size and will check the timings soon. I have made it many many times with no issues, but all ovens do vary – Thanks Cx
Mara
I made this the other day in a 2lb loaf tin and after 40mins it was definitely not cooked. After another 20 mins it was perfect. Was talking about it at Knit & Knatter today and your mother said I should let you know so blame Barbara for this email ?
Clare x
I shall recheck the time Mara – Thanks Clare
Elizabeth McGowan
Sounds great will try it this weekend
Shirley
First carrot cake I have made that’s been a success. Brilliant thanks x
Vi
Going 2 make it 2day looks awesome thanks
Janet Foreman
Could you please state 1pound or 2 pound tins in your recipes. Helpful to our W I members in the UK