I’m a sucker for carrot cake, and this easy tray bake version is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! It’s fluffy and light and contains a few ingredients to ensure a deliciously moist sponge that won’t dry out in the oven:
Raisins infused in orange juice - just leave them to soak for a couple of hours for lovely plump raisins! Vegetable oil (rather than butter) - often butter is added to cakes for extra flavour, but there’s so much flavour in this cake already you don’t need it. Go for vegetable oil for a tender, moist cake. Banana. Ok, a little bit strange in carrot cake, but I saw it in one of Mary Berry’s recipes, tried it and was completely won over. Just one banana is needed, which means you won’t really taste it.
Spoon piles of creamy frosting on top before slicing it up and serving. So much easier than making two round cakes, trying to get them even, filling with frosting, then coating in more frosting without it looking like a five-year old has just had a go at plastering (ok yes, we’re talking about me). I made this recipe using some of the ingredients sent to me by Bearfaced Groceries (thanks guys!) - check them out for deliveries of quality locally sourced (UK) produce, and make sure you use my 20% discount code - NICKYBEAR20 - in the discount coupon code box.
So far I’ve received 2 boxes from Bearfaced Groceries. One being the award winning meat box - packed with a great variety of different meats that my carnivore of a husband loved. As well as the Chicken and Cous Cous One-Pot, we’ve also made Chicken fajitas, slow-cooked pork and beef chilli and good old spag bol. I’m looking forward to making a roast dinner on Sunday with the beef topside. I’ve also had the weekly essential box - which is packed with fruit, veggies, meat and fish plus cheese too! I used the carrots, orange and banana for this carrot cake. We enjoyed my 30-minute salmon with creamy lemon spaghetti last night and my sticky chicken stir fry earlier this week. The kids have been at the rest of the fruit, raiding the fridge hourly whilst they’re on the Easter hols. I even caught Lewis eating one of the giant beef tomatoes with a mischievous smile on his face yesterday. Oh and yes, that’s his hand in the top photo. He makes a great hand model - providing you can get a good photo within 15 seconds! Once the 16th second struck he decided it was torture to hold cake and not be able to eat it, so I had to oblige and we all took a piece to scoff in front of the tv 🙂
The Carrot and Orange Tray Bake with Orange infused Raisins Recipe:
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