Dirty Carrot Cake

Name: Dirty Carrot Cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup sunflower oil; 7/8 cup golden caster sugar; 1 3/8 cups self raising flour; 7 1/8 tablespoons dried mixed fruit; 3 carrots finely grated; 3 beaten eggs; 1 Orange; 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 7/16 cups icing sugar; 2 tablespoons orange juice

12 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

3/4 cup sunflower oil
7/8 cup golden caster sugar
1 3/8 cups self raising flour
7 1/8 tablespoons dried mixed fruit
3 carrots finely grated
3 beaten eggs
1 Orange
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 7/16 cups icing sugar
2 tablespoons orange juice

Directions

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1) Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
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2) Mix the sugar, oil and eggs. Stir in the carrots, dried fruit and zest.
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3) Sift in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Fold into the mixture carefully until all is smooth.
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4) Pour into a shallow rectangular baking tray and stick in the oven for 45 minutes.
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5) As you leave the cake to cool, beat the icing sugar and juice in a jug. Drizzle the frosting generously over the cake, then cut into squares.