Crackin’ Carrot Cake

This delicious carrot cake is incredibly light and moist, and wickedly simple to prep.

Ingredients

Cake:

• 350g self-raising flour
• 325g sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 250g carrots grated
• 75g Almonds, flaked
• 4 medium eggs
• 200ml olive oil
• 4 tablespoons milk

Frosting:

• 180g cream cheese, full fat
• 30g sugar
• 25g walnuts finely chopped

Method

STEP 1 – Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease and line the bottom and sides of a round cake tin with a double layer of greaseproof paper.

STEP 2 – Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, roughly chopped walnuts and grated carrots in a large bowl. Then beat together the eggs, olive oil and milk in a large jug. Next, pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, slowly stirring to make sure all the flour is incorporated.

STEP 3 – Tip the cake mixture into the lined cake tin and cook for an hour, or until a skewer comes out clean. (If you don’t own a skewer, use a teaspoon handle instead!)

STEP 4 – Simply mix the cream cheese and icing sugar together and spread it on the top of the cake. Sprinkle the finely chopped walnuts on the top to decorate. Enjoy!