Crazy Carrot cake with my cream cheese frosting

Moist and delicious for a specail occasion or to have with a well earned hot drink!

You will need:

225g softened butter

225g light brown sugar

4medium eggs separated

1 orange juiced andgrated zest

175g wholemeal flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 pinch salt

2 tsp ground cinnamon

1 tsp mixed spiced

50g ground almonds

110g walnuts chopped

350g carrots grated

Preheat your oven to gas mark 4/180c/350f and grease and line a 8in round cake tin

Beat the butter and sugar together in mixing bowl until soft and creamy

Separate the eggs and beat the yolks into the mixture then stir in the orange juice and zest

Sift in the dry ingredients ( flour baking powder sal and spices ) and fold in them to the mixture

add the almonds and walnuts and gentally stir

In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites until stil then add to the mixture

stir in the grated carrots and mix, thenspoon into the cake tin.

Bake for 75 to 90 minuets until golden and firm to touch then cool

 

Cream cheese frosting:

 

Beat together 25g softened butter with 50g icing sugar and 250g cream cheese MIX WELL

Place in the fridge for 20 to 30 mins and then spread over the cake.

I made mini marzipan carrot by colouring and shaping marzipan and making the slits gentally with a knife