Carrot Cake Traybake (With Frosting)
Here's how to make an easy carrot cake traybake perfect for Easter. This recipe is super quick, and the texture is light and moist.
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Ingredients
Carrot Cake Traybake
- 300 g Self-Raising Flour
- 250 ml Sunflower Oil
- 250 g Grated Carrots
- 250 g Light Brown Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 1 Orange Zest
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Mixed Spice
- ½ tsp Ground Ginger
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 200 g Icing Sugar
- 200 g Cream Cheese
- 70 g Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 50 g Chopped Walnuts (Handful To Decorate)
Instructions
Carrot Cake Traybake
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (160°C Fan, gas mark 4) and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Whilst the oven is preheating, grate your carrots and zest the peel of one orange.250 g Grated Carrots, 1 Orange Zest
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together sunflower oil, sugar, vanilla extract and eggs until combined. This takes me roughly 30 seconds. Add grated carrots and orange zest to the bowl and whisk together until evenly distributed.250 ml Sunflower Oil, 250 g Light Brown Sugar, 4 Eggs, 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Pour flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, ground ginger and mixed spice to the mixing bowl and mix together.300 g Self-Raising Flour, 1 tsp Bicarbonate Of Soda, 2 tsp Cinnamon, 1 tsp Mixed Spice, ½ tsp Ground Ginger
- Pour the carrot cake mixture into your lined baking tin and bake in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and comes out clean with a skewer. Once baked, set aside to cool down.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Add butter to a large mixing bowl, use an electric whisk to whisk the butter until it looks light, and the texture is fluffy. Pour the icing sugar into the mixing bowl and whisk again until evenly distributed. (See Notes For Tips)70 g Butter, 200 g Icing Sugar
- Add cream cheese and vanilla extract to the mixing bowl and whisk together until evenly combined and any bumps have smoothed out.200 g Cream Cheese, 1 tsp Vanilla
- After the cake has cooled down, spread the frosting over the cake and sprinkle diced walnuts on top. Feel free to add other decorations of your choice; I personally love adding mini carrot cake icing for an extra touch.50 g Chopped Walnuts
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Notes
Cream Cheese Frosting
When mixing the butter and icing sugar together, it can take some time as the mixture may resemble breadcrumbs and not mould together easily. To expedite this step, once the mixture looks like breadcrumbs, you can mould it together with your hands and then whisk to smooth it out. Check out my Cream Cheese Frosting Guide for more info.
Nutrition
Calories: 417kcalCarbohydrates: 43gProtein: 5gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 158mgPotassium: 91mgFiber: 1gSugar: 28gVitamin A: 342IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 43mgIron: 1mg
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