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).
I’ve tried this carrot cake done by Rich so many times… and still every time it is just perfect.
Is this Rich’s Bakery recipe or someone named Rich?……
Hello Jane. This is someone named Rich’s recipe! I don’t think he owns a bakery yet.