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Carrot cake loaf
Fruit and vegetables
300g/10½oz grated
carrot
(grated weight)
1
orange
, zest only
Cooking ingredients
140ml/4¾fl oz
vegetable oil
, plus extra for greasing
200g/7oz light
brown sugar
100g/3½oz
raisins
75g/2½oz pecans or
walnuts
, chopped (optional)
180g/6oz
self-raising flour
1 pinch
salt
½ tsp
bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp ground
cinnamon
½ tsp freshly grated
nutmeg
½ tsp
mixed spice
1 tsp
vanilla extract
50g/1¾oz
icing sugar
, sifted
Dairy, eggs and chilled
2 free-range
eggs
200g/7oz full-fat
cream cheese
, chilled (see recipe tips)
50g/1¾oz
butter
, at room temperature
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