Sugar-free Spiced Carrot Cake With Orange Cream Cheese Frosting
This delightful carrot cake is a moist and flavorful treat that combines the sweetness of raisins, crunch of walnuts, and zesty freshness of orange zest in a creamy soft cheese frosting. Perfect for any occasion, this cake is sure to please your taste buds with every bite.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 150g/5½oz self-raising flour
- 100g/3½oz ground almonds
- 50g/1¾oz raisins
- 50g/1¾oz walnut
- 4 tsp ground mixed spice
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 3 large free-range eggs
- 100ml/3½fl oz sunflower oil
- 3 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
- 300g/10½oz carrots
- 150g/5½oz full-fat soft cheese
- 1 medium orange
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Grease and line the base of a 20cm/8in springform cake tin with baking parchment.
- Put the flour, almonds, raisins, walnuts, mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl and mix thoroughly. Make a well in the centre.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, oil and milk together and stir in the grated carrot. Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients, stirring to form a thick batter.
- Pour into the prepared tin and spread to the sides. Bake in the centre of the oven for 35 minutes, or until the cake is well risen and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin.
- Take the cake out of the tin and peel off the lining paper. Put the cake on a board or plate.
- To make the frosting, stir the cheese and orange zest together. Spread evenly over the cake.
- Cut into small wedges to serve.
Cook Time
2H
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
Serves 10-12
Nutrition
- Calories: 277kcal
- Carbohydrate Content: 14.5g
- Fat Content: 22g
- Fiber Content: 1.5g
- Protein Content: 7g
- Saturated Fat Content: 6g
- Sugar Content: 5.5g
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