Marry Berry's Carrot cake

Lovely Walnut and Carrot cake with cream cheese icing.

Unbalanced

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C/350°F/Gas 4). Grease two deep 20cm (8in) round sandwich tins and line the bases of the cake tins with baking parchment.

Step 2

In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the cake mixture as shown below. Spoon the mixture evenly between the tins.

Step 3

Put the cakes in the oven and bake for about 35 minutes, or until golden brown, risen, and shrinking away from the sides of the tins. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Step 4

Make the icing: measure the butter, icing sugar, cream cheese, and vanilla extract into a bowl and whisk using a hand or electric whisk until smooth and thoroughly blended.

Step 5

Spread half the icing on one cake, sit the other cake on top, and spread the remaining icing on top to make a swirl pattern. Decorate the top of the cake with the halved walnuts.