Recipe : Carrot Cake

I love the idea of making cakes with root vegetables; for some reason it always seems ridiculous to me that the nicest cakes are made using vegetables which you can barely taste.

The large amount of carrot gives the cake its moist texture; mixed with the taste of spices and citrus and with a cream cheese frosting, it is pretty glorious.

Ingredients

For the Cake:

• 300g Plain Flour

• 300g Caster Sugar

• 250g Sunflower Oil

• 100g Light Brown Sugar

• 4 Large Eggs

• 450g Grated Carrot

• 50g Crushed Walnuts

• 1 tsp Cinnamon

• 1/2 tsp Nutmeg

• 1/4 tsp Ground Cloves

• 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

• 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

• 1 1/4 tsp Salt

• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract

For the Cream Frosting:

• 400g Mascarpone Cheese

• 200g Icing Sugar

• 1 Orange (zest only)

Recipe

That's all; enjoy!