Carrot and Ginger Cake

Name: Carrot and Ginger Cake
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 3 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tsp baking powder; 1½ tsp cinnamon; 1½ tsp ground ginger; 50 g walnuts; 75 g crystallised ginger, roughly chopped; 70 g runny honey; 70 g maple syrup; 2 Bramley apples, peeled, cored and grated; 100 g grated carrots; 200 g plain flour; 80 g raisins; 3 medium eggs; 170 ml sunflower oil; 100 g caster sugar; 100 g butter, softened; 150 g icing sugar; 200 g full-fat cream cheese; ¼ tsp salt; 1 tbsp orange juice (optional)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gloagburn

By Alison Niven

Published 2025

About

There are not many people who dislike carrot cake, and we’ve tried out many recipes over the years. We’ve settled on this one – it’s a one-bowl, stir-and-bake recipe, and some fiery crystallised ginger is a nice addition to make it a wee bit different. You can leave the ginger out and you’ll have a very easy, regular carrot cake.

Ingredients

3 medium eggs
170 ml sunflower oil
100 g caster sug

United Kingdom
Scottish
Cake
Vegetarian
Scotland

Method

Preheat the oven to 150°C/130°C fan/gas mark 1.
In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil and sugar, then add the grated apples and carrots, flour, raisins, walnuts, crystallised ginger, honey, maple syrup, vanilla extract, baking powder, spices an