Recipes
Mega carrot cake
The ultimate carrot cake recipe - deliciously moist with crunchy nuts and rich, cream cheese icing
The ultimate carrot cake recipe - deliciously moist with crunchy nuts and rich, cream cheese icing
(32 votes)
Cook: 2 Hours 15 Mins
Serves: 18
Price: 35p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 115g serving contains
Energy
1912kj
457kcal
1912kj
457kcal
23%
Fat
30.0g
30.0g
High
43%
43%
Saturates
10.0g
10.0g
Med
50%
50%
Sugars
28.0g
28.0g
High
31%
31%
Salt
0.57g
0.57g
Med
10%
10%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1663kj/397kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1663kj/397kcal
Ingredients
1 large orange, zest and juice of
175g Asda Sultanas
150g pecan, roughly chopped
300g Asda self-raising flour
2 level tsp mixed spice
1 ½ level bicarbonate of soda
75g Asda Desiccated Coconut
3 large eggs
250g light soft brown sugar
220ml sunflower oil
300g carrots (peeled weight), grated
100g butter, softened
100g icing sugar
1 tbsp Asda Lemon Juice
Few drops Asda Extra Special Vanilla Extract
300g Asda Full Fat Soft and Creamy Cheese
Method
1
Pre-heat the oven to 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3. Grease a 28cm x 25cm roasting tin and line with baking paper.
2
Put the orange zest, 2 tbsp juice and sultanas in a bowl, and leave for 20 minutes.
3
Meanwhile, put the nuts on a baking tray and cook in the oven for 8 minutes.
4
Sift the flour, spice and bicarb of soda into a bowl. Add half the pecans and the coconut.
5
Whisk the eggs, sugar and oil until the sugar starts to dissolve. Stir in the sultanas and juice, carrots and flour mixture. Put in the tin and bake for 1 hour.
6
Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then transfer to a rack.
7
Beat the butter and icing sugar, then stir in the lemon juice, vanilla and cheese. Spread on the cake and sprinkle with remaining nuts.