Ruth Wilks Nut Carrot Cake Recipes

CARROT LOAF CAKE!

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 180C/160C Fan and grease and line your 2lb Loaf Tin!
• Pour the sunflower oil & eggs into a large bowl and add the sugar - mix lightly and combine.
• Add the grated carrots, raisins/nuts, and orange zest and fold through to combine.
• Add the flour, bicarbonate, mixed spice, ginger, cinnamon & nutmeg and mix again - try not to over mix!
• Pour the mixture into the tin, and bake in the oven for 55-60 minutes. Sometimes it can take a little longer so test with a skewer!
• Once baked, leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, and then cool on a wire rack. If your cake doesn't come out, it may not have finished baking, or you didn't line the tin well enough!
• Beat your butter on its own for a few minutes to loosen it.
• Add in the icing sugar, and beat again - I beat this for about 5 minutes, to make it really smooth.
• Make sure your cream cheese doesn't have any excess water - I find it best to add it to a bowl first just to make sure.
• Add in the cream cheese, and vanilla and beat. At first, it may look a little weird, but just keep on beating. I end up beating it for a few minutes - it can go through a lumpy stage first, but eventually, the lumps beat out and it's smooth and thick!
• Once beaten - it should be lovely and thick.
• Slather your cream cheese frosting over the top of the cake!
• Decorate with chopped nuts, carrot decorations or whatever!!
• Enjoy!

RUTH'S CARROT CAKE WITH CURRANT ICING

Steps:

• Grease and flour 2 9" cake pans.
• Mix together cake flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda, powder and salt.
• Drain pineapple,reserving syrup.
• Add syrup to dry mixture; add eggs, oil and vanilla.
• Beat 3 minutes.
• Stir in pineapple, carrots and nuts.
• Bake 325 degrees for about 40 min or until done.
• Cool 10 min in pan.
• Unmold.
• Currant Icing Plump currants in 1/4 cup hot water for 5 minutes.
• Drain well.
• Beat sugar, cream cheese, butter, milk and vanilla together until smooth.
• Fold in nuts and currants.

CARROT AND WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 or 10 inch tube pan.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, and baking powder together and set aside.
• Beat the eggs with the ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, and ground cardamom together for 5 minutes. Stir in the confectioner's sugar and mix well. Beat in the vegetable oil and continue beating for 5 minutes.
• Alternately add the flour mixture and the milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, to the egg mixture. With a spoon stir in the carrots and the walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour. Enjoy it with a glass of milk or a cup of tea.