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Carrot & Walnut Cake

Prep

1 HR

Bake

2 hours

Serves

8

Difficulty

Medium

About

An adaptation of Ottolenghi's recipe is a light, moist, and sublime cake with rich, citrus icing and crunchy caramelised walnuts.

made using

Dark Brown Soft

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Step 1

Preheat the oven to 170°C/Fan150°C, 325°F, Gas Mark 3.

Step 2

Pour the oil into the bowl of an electric mixer, add the Tate & Lyle Light Soft Brown sugar and beat briefly until combined on a medium speed. Reduce the speed down to low, add the egg and the yolk, followed by the carrots, walnuts, coconut and orange zest.

Step 3

Sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and cinnamon, add to the mixing bowl and briefly mix in just enough to combine, scraping down the sides. Tip into a large bowl, then wash up the mixer bowl, ensuring it is completely dry and clean. Add the whites and salt and whisk until firm peaks form. Using a large metal spoon, carefully and lightly fold in 1 spoonful of the egg white into the cake mixture to loosen it, then add the rest.

Step 4

Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 55-65 minutes until golden and risen and a fine skewer comes out clean when inserted into the middle. Cover the cake with the parchment paper after 40 minutes to stop it from overbrowning, no sooner or the paper will stick to the top. Leave the cake to cool completely in its tin then turn out onto a wire rack and peel off the paper. Cut in half.

Step 5

Make the caramelised nuts by melting the butter in a medium-sized non-stick frying pan over a low heat. Add the sugar and stir with a wooden spoon for about 1 minute or until dissolved. Increase the heat to moderate, stop stirring, and cook for about 3 minutes, frequently shaking the pan, until the mixture makes a light coloured caramel. Add the walnuts, stir and tip on to the parchment paper. Separate the nuts and leave to cool and harden.

Step 6

Next, make the icing by beating half the cream cheese, all the butter, sugar, orange zest, and orange and lemon juice together in a bowl until smooth. Add the rest of the cream cheese and beat again until light and fluffy. Sandwich the cakes together with a little of the icing, then cover the top and sides of the cake with the rest and decorate with the walnuts. Lift onto a plate and serve.

Ingredients – 14 items

Serving

1

For the cake

Fairtrade Light Brown Soft

Tate & Lyle Light Brown Soft Sugar

275g
Rapeseed-oil

Sunflower oil

200ml
Eggs

Large eggs

1
Eggs

Large egg yolk

1
Carrots

Carrots

Peeled & coarsely grated to yield 125g

150g
Walnuts

Walnuts

Roughly chopped

60g
Flaked coconut

Desiccated coconut

40g
Orange-zest

Orange zest

Half an orange
Flour

Plain flour

165g
Baking-powder

Baking powder

Half a teaspoon
Baking-soda

Bicarbonate soda

Half a teaspoon
Cinnamon

Cinnamon powder

2 tsp
Salt-table

Salt

1 pinch

For the caramelised walnuts

Butter

Unsalted butter, softened

20g
Fairtrade Light Brown Soft

Tate & Lyle Light Brown Soft Sugar

40g
Walnuts

Roughly chopped walnuts

75g

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