Aoife’s Carrot Cake

Name: Aoife’s Carrot Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: ½ tsp vanilla extract; 75 g honey; 150 g apple sauce (see for my homemade apple sauce); 150 g apple sauce (see for my homemade apple sauce); 100 g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing; 2 tsp baking powder; 300 g plain flour; 400 g grated carrots; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 50 g raisins; 75 g walnuts, roughly chopped; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; grated zest and juice of 1 clementine; 25 g unsalted butter, softened; 200 g cream cheese; grated zest of 1 clementine; 2 eggs

Preparation info

Serves:
10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

My Fussy Eater

By Ciara Attwell

Published 2018

About

My daughter absolutely loves carrot cake, which is surprising for a fussy eater given that there are so many ‘bits’ in it! I make this healthier version at home, sweetened with honey and apple sauce, and it always goes down a treat.

Ingredients

Cake

2 eggs
100 g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
150 g

Cake
Lunch
Dinner
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C Fan/Gas Mark 6, grease two 20cm round cake tins and line them with baking parchment.
Whisk the eggs in a bowl until light and fluffy. Add the melted butter, apple sauce, honey and vanilla extract and fold