Carrot cake

1 hour 40 mins cooking time

Carrot cake

Name: CARROT CAKE
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 5 medium free range eggs; 265 g brown sugar; 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out; 420 g almond flour; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; ½ tsp baking powder; 320 g carrots, finely grated; 150 g walnuts, finely chopped; 150 g Lurpak® Unsalted Butter, melted; 250 g fresh cheese; 55 g icing sugar; 1 tbsp lemon juice; A few walnuts, finely chopped for decoration

1 hour 40 mins cooking time

Ingredients

1 cakes

For the cake

5 medium free range eggs
265 g brown sugar
1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped out
420 g almond flour
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground ginger
½ tsp ground nutmeg
½ tsp baking powder
320 g carrots, finely grated
150 g walnuts, finely chopped
150 g Lurpak® Unsalted Butter, melted

For the cream cheese frosting

250 g fresh cheese
55 g icing sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
A few walnuts, finely chopped for decoration

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Method

Preheat the oven to 160C/140C fan/gas mark 3.

Whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla seeds on high-speed until tripled in volume.

In a separate bowl, mix the almond flour, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and baking powder with carrots and walnuts.

Add gradually the dry ingredients and the melted Lurpak® butter to the egg mixture and stir well until combined.

Grease a 24cm round baking tin and line the bottom with baking paper. Pour the batter into it and smooth the surface. Bake for approx. 1 hour and 20 minutes or until baked, and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

How to tell if your cake is done

Let the cake cool completely before adding the frosting.

Whisk cream cheese and icing sugar for 5 minutes – or until light and fluffy. Add lemon juice and mix well.

Spread cream cheese icing on top of the cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

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