Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
Here's a tasty adaptation of my Carrot Cake Recipe. I made it this week for a birthday cake gift. It's beautifully soft and orangey with that tangy orange curd filling. Use my lemon curd recipe for this, substituting oranges and halving the sugar content...
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Ingredients
310g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice
240ml vegetable oil
200g light brown sugar
90g caster sugar
200g grated carrots
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
Zest and juice of 3 large oranges
(120ml)
½ a batch of my buttery Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe Link:
youtu.be/YDm4BNmJuTY
1 batch of my Orange Curd
Recipe Link:
youtu.be/k-RxlNq9NS8
Method:
1) Set oven to gas 4 (180 degrees C)
2) Butter and line 2x 8 inch cake tins with baking paper
3) To a mixing bowl, add 310g flour, 1tsp baking powder, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda, ½ tsp ground ginger, 1tsp mixed spice and zest of 3 oranges. Mix with a fork
4) In a medium bowl, add 240ml vegetable oil, 200g soft brown sugar, 90g sugar, 3 eggs and the juice of 3 oranges, mix well
5) Pour this into the dry ingredients with the grated carrots and mix until just incorporated
6) Pour equal amounts into each cake tin
7) Bake for 30 – 35 mins or until a skewer comes out clean
8) Leave to cool completely in the tins
9) Turn out the cakes and using a star nozzle, make rosettes around the edge of the base cake and spread in a circle over the top of the top cake
10) Pipe the orange curd generously onto the centre of the base and between the rosettes so it can be seen around the edges.
11) Place the top cake on the base and decorate as you wish. I used fondant leaves, small bought carrots and golden balls with slices of fresh orange.
Music:
Arkansas Traveller by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
Nat Keefe on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCr1hW0rMwhUGBPne6FYdyIQ
Here's a tasty adaptation of my Carrot Cake Recipe. I made it this week for a birthday cake gift. It's beautifully soft and orangey with that tangy orange curd filling. Use my lemon curd recipe for this, substituting oranges and halving the sugar content...
• Website: margaretsmakeandbake.wixsite.com/margaretsmakebake
• Instagram: instagram.com/margaretsmakeandbake
Ingredients
310g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp ground ginger
1 tsp mixed spice
240ml vegetable oil
200g light brown sugar
90g caster sugar
200g grated carrots
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs
Zest and juice of 3 large oranges
(120ml)
½ a batch of my buttery Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe Link:
youtu.be/YDm4BNmJuTY
1 batch of my Orange Curd
Recipe Link:
youtu.be/k-RxlNq9NS8
Method:
1) Set oven to gas 4 (180 degrees C)
2) Butter and line 2x 8 inch cake tins with baking paper
3) To a mixing bowl, add 310g flour, 1tsp baking powder, ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda, ½ tsp ground ginger, 1tsp mixed spice and zest of 3 oranges. Mix with a fork
4) In a medium bowl, add 240ml vegetable oil, 200g soft brown sugar, 90g sugar, 3 eggs and the juice of 3 oranges, mix well
5) Pour this into the dry ingredients with the grated carrots and mix until just incorporated
6) Pour equal amounts into each cake tin
7) Bake for 30 – 35 mins or until a skewer comes out clean
8) Leave to cool completely in the tins
9) Turn out the cakes and using a star nozzle, make rosettes around the edge of the base cake and spread in a circle over the top of the top cake
10) Pipe the orange curd generously onto the centre of the base and between the rosettes so it can be seen around the edges.
11) Place the top cake on the base and decorate as you wish. I used fondant leaves, small bought carrots and golden balls with slices of fresh orange.
Music:
Arkansas Traveller by Nat Keefe & Hot Buttered Rum
Nat Keefe on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCr1hW0rMwhUGBPne6FYdyIQ
