For this week's #RecipeOfTheWeek, The Lady is bringing you a delicious slice of naughtiness with this indulgent carrot cake loaf, couresty of Flahavan's. A perfectly simple Easter bake for the whole family to enjoy.
Flahavan’s Lili Forberg’s Carrot Cake Loaf
Prep time: 10-15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy
For the cake:
• 85g Flahavan’s Organic Porridge Oats
• 200g self-raising flour
• 170g soft brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 40g vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 245g cup natural yoghurt
• 250g cups grated carrot
• 65g chopped pecans
For the icing
- 200g cream cheese
- 35g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
To decorate
- Leftover Easter eggs of your choice
Method
- In a large bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients, along with the vegetable oil, egg, natural yoghurt, grated carrot, chopped pecans and 1 tsp vanilla essence.
- Grease and line a loaf tin, before pouring your mixture in. Bake for approximately 1 hour at a temperature of 170 celcius (fan).
- In a separate bowl, use a hand mixer to combine the cream cheese, icing sugar and remaining 1 tsp vanilla essence.
- Once baked, remove your loaf from the tin and allow it to cool, before topping with your icing.
- Drizzle with chopped up easter eggs of your choice and enjoy!
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