A few months ago the local pre-school decided to make a recipe book to raise funds for equipment. They asked all the local Mums if they would like to contribute and I gave them my No Nonsense Carrot Cake recipe. I call it No Nonsense because it's a great recipe that can be made just out of store cupboard ingredients and has no nuts, so it's great for nut allergy sufferers.
It was published in the book and since then lots of the Mum's have told me they tried it and loved it, so I thought I'd share it with the world through IACW!
Ingredients
150ml vegetable oil
200g caster sugar
2 medium eggs
200g plain flour
250g carrots, peeled and grated
1 tsp baking powder
Half tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
zest and juice of 1 orange
Preheat the oven to 170C, 324F gas mark 3.
Grease and line a 1kg loaf tin or 20cm round cake tim.
Mix the oil, sugar and eggs together in a large bowl until well combined.
Mix together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda in a separate bowl, and sieve onto the egg mixture
Stir in the orange zest and juice and grated carrots.
Pour into the prepared tin and bake for 45 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 150C, 300F, gas mark 2 and bake for a further 25 minutes. Cover with a piece of greaseproof paper if the top is becoming too brown.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin.
You can decorate it with your favourite cream cheese topping if you wish. Personally I leave it plain as I think it keeps longer that way. Kept in an airtight tin it will keep for about a week. It's absolutely lovely with a cup of tea and perfect for the kid's lunchboxes too. A great way to get some veg inside them! Even my little boy will eat it and he is the fussiest of fussy eaters.
Hope you enjoy this. TFL! Joanne x
Thanks for sharing the recipe, it looks like a very moist cake...
Posted by: Marisa | September 29, 2009 at 01:56 AM
Thank you, I'll be trying that soon.
Posted by: Kelly | September 29, 2009 at 07:34 AM
Ooh that sounds and looks delightful! I might try this tonight.
Posted by: Sarah | September 29, 2009 at 08:23 AM
Ummm yes this is my to do list for this week now :) looks yummy
Posted by: deanne | September 29, 2009 at 09:30 AM
Mmm Yummy, will have to try. Kim
Posted by: Kim Dellow | September 29, 2009 at 07:46 PM
Looks beautifully moist and tasty. One to try here.
E
xx
Posted by: Eleanor | September 30, 2009 at 03:01 PM