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Carrot cake traybake topped with mascarpone frosting and chopped nuts.

Carrot cake traybake

Carrot cake traybake is an easy traybake recipe using mashed carrots and olive oil and decorated with mascarpone frosting and pistachios. It is an easy way to make a large carrot cake perfect for sharing.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack, Teatime
Cuisine American, British
Servings 16
Calories 385 kcal

Equipment

  • 23 cm by 33 cm (9" by 13") cake tin.

Ingredients
 
 

Carrot cake ingredients

  • 175 grams carrots cooked and mashed
  • 350 grams flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 350 grams light muscovado sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • ½ teaspoon mixed spice
  • 2 eggs
  • 175 ml extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Ingredients for mascarpone frosting and decoration

  • 250 grams mascarpone
  • 175 grams icing sugar
  • 20 grams chopped pistachios

Instructions
 

Prepare the carrot cake sponge

  • Cook the carrots and mash with a fork.
  • Place the flour, baking powder, sugar and spices in a bowl and mix.
  • Beat the eggs and add to the other ingredients.
  • Add the mashed carrots, olive oil and vanilla extract.
  • Mix with an electric mixer or beat by hand until it is an even consistency.

Bake the carrot cake

  • Line the cake tin with non-stick lining paper. Transfer the carrot cake mixture to the tin and level the surface.
  • Bake at 160℃, 320℉, gas mark 3 for around 35 to 40 minutes until the cake is firm to the touch in the centre and a warm skewer comes out clean.
  • Leave in the tin for about 20 minutes and then remove from the tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.

Prepare the mascarpone frosting

  • (This can be done either while the cake is baking or while it is cooling).
  • Place the mascarpone in a bowl.
  • Sieve the icing sugar onto the mascarpone and beat with an electric mixer or by hand until it is an even consistency.

Decorate

  • Spread the mascarpone cream evenly over the top of the cake and then sprinkle with the broken pistachios.

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Nutrition

Calories: 385kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 4gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 112mgPotassium: 110mgFiber: 1gSugar: 33gVitamin A: 2079IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 98mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Cake, Carrots, Traybake
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