Posting for traffic (sorry!) - carrot cake

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Sorry everyone - I posted on the food/recipes board but it’s v.quiet.

I have a cake-bake competition on Sunday - was hoping to make a carrot cake, anyone willing to point me to a tried and tests recipe? Sorry to have to ask but my little one tried a carrot cake last week and wants to bake it for this competition - I haven’t a recipe for it!

Thanks everyone 👍🏻

No recipe but just thought I would tell you the secret to auccess is using blocked Philadelphia for the frosting.

Oohhh - thanks for the tip!

I used this one for DH’s last birthday and it went down very well:

www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/paul-hollywoods-ultimate-carrot-cake/

Although I must admit I divided the mixture between two baking tins rather than a single cake that then needed to be split. Reduced the baking time slightly to accommodate.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/kerrycooks.com/easy-homemade-carrot-cake/amp/

This is a lovely carrot cake recipe. You can soak the raisins in orange juice to make them more plump for the cake mix

The bbc food carrot cake was awesome.
I add walnuts.
And do a philly topping.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3229/yummy-scrummy-carrot-cake

allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/18516/simple-carrot-cake.aspx
I use this one but add sultanas and I don't mix the walnuts in with the frosting I arrange them on top.

Jamie Oliver's with the lime mascarpone topping is amazing!

This is from my children's cookbook, amazing yummy cake which I get asked to bake loads of times!!

Nigel Slater’s recipe.

The frosting is mascarpone and Philly cheese and it is lush.

thanks everyone! I'm going to look thought these now and see if i can make any!

The carrot cake recipe in the Joy Of Baking website is the best I've come across so far. It always turns out deliciously moist.