Carrot Cake Recipe

• 400g Self Raising Flour
• 400g Soft Brown Sugar
• 300g Soft margarine / butter
• 4 Eggs
• 225g dried fruit
• 3 or 4 carrots – grated
• Juice & Zest of one large orange
• teaspoon mixed spice (or just cinnamon)
• teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

1. Grease & line a 12" by 8" cake tin (fairly deep – not a swiss roll tin)
2. Preheat oven to 180C or Gas Mark 5
3. Beat the sugar and eggs together in a mixing bowl until creamy. The eggs should be added one at a time
4. Stir the flour, grated carrot, dried fruit, orange zest, spice and baking powder into the sugar & egg mix
5. Add the orange juice to the mix whilst still stirring – the mixture should still be creamy and soft. If it's a bit dry then add more orange juice if available or a little milk
6. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for about 45 minutes. Test with a skewer / knitting needle – no mixture should stick to it when the cake is ready
7. Allow to cool and cut into squares