Carrot cake with cream cheese icing
Light and delicious, you’ll love this easy, cheese-y carrot cake!
Nutrition Info Per Serve (with icing) 507kJ, protein 4g, total fat 3.6g (sat. fat 1g), carbs 17g, fibre 3g, sodium 140mg. • Carb exchanges 1. • GI estimate medium.
Nutrition Info Per Serve (without icing) 467kJ, protein 3g, total fat 3.3g (sat. fat 0.8g), carbs 17g, fibre 3g, sodium 119mg. • Carb exchanges 1. • GI estimate medium.
Ingredients
Cooking spray
80g light margarine, at room temperature
80g (½ cup, lightly packed) brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 carrots, finely grated
160g (1 cup) wholemeal self-raising flour
75g (½ cup) self-raising flour
1½ tsp mixed spice
2 x 50g eggs, lightly whisked
Finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange
60ml (¼ cup) low-fat milk
Extra orange zest, to serve
Cream cheese icing:
125g extra-light cream cheese
¼ tsp finely grated orange zest
3 tsp freshly squeezed orange juice
2 Tbsp Equal Spoonful
Method
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Preheat oven to 170°C (fan-forced). Spray a 16cm x 26cm (base measurement) slice tin with cooking spray. Line base and sides with baking paper, allowing paper to overhang sides.
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Using a wooden spoon, mix margarine, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Stir in carrot. Add flours, mixed spice, egg, orange zest and juice, and milk. Mix until well combined.
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Spoon mixture into prepared tin and use the back of a spoon to smooth the surface. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
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Set aside in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
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To make cream cheese icing, whisk cream cheese, orange zest and juice, and Equal Spoonful in a small bowl.
