Carrot Cake
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Ingredients
- 175g light muscavado sugar
- 3 llarge eggs. lightly beaten
- 150 ml corn Oil
- 1 orange rind (grated)
- 80g stoned dates.chopped
- 20g desiccated coconut
- 180g self raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 140g grated carrots
Accompaniment
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Method
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1.Combine oil, sugar, and lightly beaten egg in a large bowl and stir to mix.
2. add carrots, dates, coconut and orange rind. Stir to mix.
3. sift flour, bicarb and cinnamon into bowl and stir gently to mix.
4. Pour mix into prepared baking tin, mixture will be quite sloppy.If using silicon container you will need to place on a baking tray.
5. Place in oven and bake for about 40 mins.
Decorate by drizzling thin icing across the surface
this sounds yum yum , goin to try this sunday, thanks.x
Thanks jisi. You can also use chopped prunes instead of dates and this is equally good.
Absolutely scrummy. Best recipe have found. Like use of oil instead of margarine and dates add more moistness. Lovely!