For best results, Rich recommends making this cake with love, care and attention while listening to Something Understood and thinking of those dearest to your heart. ❤️
Rich's Famous Carrot Cake
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Author: Rich Barton
Ingredients
Messy Bowl
- 200g carrot, hand-grated
- 4 egg-shaped eggs, beaten
- 250ml sunflower oil
- 3cm³ ginger, grated
- A bit of lemon rind, grated
- Fistful of walnuts, finely chopped
Powdery Bowl
- 300g plain flour, sifted
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 200g brown suger
The Topping
- 225 gr cream cheese (Philadelphia or supermarket-own-brand-equivalent)
- 3 tbsp honey
- Lemon rind, grated
Instructions
The dough
- Chuck the contents of Messy Bowl into Powdery Bowl and fold till you're left with a uniform blob of semi-runny stuff.
- Dollop it in a tin.
- Bake at 150ºC for roughly 1h15m. (You did pre-heat the oven, right?)
The Topping
- Beat the crap out of the cream cheese, honey and lemon rind for a minute or so.
- Schmear onto cake.
Serving instructions
- Best served chilled (the cake, not you).