CARROT & ORANGE CAKE

Name: CARROT & ORANGE CAKE
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 c Oil; 1 c Brown Sugar; 2 Eggs; 1 T Vanilla Essence; Granted rind 2 Oranges; 2 c Grated Carrot; ½ c Sultanas; 3 c Flour; 1 T Mixed Spice; 2 T Baking Powder; 1 t Baking Soda; 1 c Buttermilk; 250g Cream Cheese; 1 c Icing Sugar; Dash Vanilla Essence

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Prep:20minCook:1h

Allyson Gofton

Updated at: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:02:08 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories607.6 kcal (30%)

Total Fat33.1 g (47%)

Carbs71.6 g (28%)

Sugars38.9 g (43%)

Protein8.1 g (16%)

Sodium328 mg (16%)

Fiber2.6 g (9%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

1 coil

1 cbrown sugar

2eggs

1 tvanilla essence

2Oranges

Granted rind

2 cCarrot

Grated

½ cSultanas

3 cflour

1 TMixed Spice

2 tbaking powder

1 tbaking soda

1 cbuttermilk

ICING:

250gcream cheese

1 cIcing Sugar

vanilla essence

Instructions

Step 1

In a large bowl heat together the oil brown sugar, eggs, vanilla essence and orange rind. Once well beaten, scatter the grated carrot and sultanas in a bowl. Sift together the flour, spice, baking powder and soda and gently stir in the carrot mixture with the buttermilk. Transfer to a well-greased and lined 23cm cake tin. Bake until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto the cake rack to cool. ICING: Beat the cream cheese with the sifted icing sugar and vanilla essence until smooth. Cut the cake in half and spread with half the cream cheese icing. Top with the remaining cake and spread with the remaining icing If wished, decorate with grated orange rind.