I baked: Carrot cake

Deliciously moist carrot cake topped with cream cheese frosting.

Carrot cake

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Makes 8 slices

Ingredients

1 tbsp butter for greasing

125g self-raising flour

A pinch of salt

1 tsp ground cinnamon

125g soft brown sugar

2 eggs

100ml olive oil

125g carrots, peeled and finely grated

1 banana, roughly mashed

25g walnuts, chopped

walnut pieces, to decorate

For the frosting

4 tbsp butter, softened at room temperature

50g soft or cream cheese

225g icing sugar, sifted

1 tsp lemon juice

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2.Lightly grease a 20cm square cake tin with a little butter and line with baking paper.

3. Sift the flour, salt and ground cinnamon into a large bowl and stir in the brown sugar. Add the eggs and olive oil to the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in the grated carrot, mashed banana and chopped walnuts.

4. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until just firm to the touch.

5. Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin.

6. Meanwhile, make the cheese frosting by beating the butter, soft cheese, icing sugar and lemon juice together in a large bowl until fluffy and creamy.

7. Turn the cake out of the tin and cut into 8 slices.

8. Spread with the frosting and decorate with walnut pieces.

Enjoy with a hot cup of coffee or tea. :-)