Carrot Cake Loaf

Makes: 8 - 10 slices
For a little twist on your usual carrot cake, add our Sweet Spice blend.
Ingredients
225g grated carrot
100ml oil (sunflower)
110g soft brown sugar
2 tbsp clear honey
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 beaten eggs
110g plain flour
110g wholemeal flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
¼ tsp salt
4 tsp of Sweet Spice
Icing:
30g unsalted butter, softened
85g full fat cream cheese
225g icing sugar
Method
- Grease a 1kg loaf tin
- Mix (or put in food processor) - grated carrot, oil, brown sugar, honey, vanilla, and beaten eggs.
- Add all dry ingredients, including the Sweet Spice, and mix into the carrot mixture.
- Spoon into loaf tin.
- Bake at 160°C for 1 hour.
- For icing, mix ingredients together and spread over cake (once cake cooled).
- Sprinkle with a touch of Sweet Spice blend.
We also have an amazing recipe for Carrot Cake Cup Cakes.