Yummy Scrummy Carrot Cake (from the BBC Good Food cakes and bakes book)
175g light muscovado sugar
175 ml sunflower oil
3 large eggs
140g grated carrot (about 3 mediums carrots)
100g raisins
grated zest of 1 large orange
175g self-raising flour
1tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2tsp ground cinnamon
Frosting: icing sugar & juice from the orange
Preheat oven to 180 degC. Oil and line a square cake tin (18cm loose bottom).
Tip sugar into large bowl, pour in the oil and add the eggs. Lightly mix, then stir in the grated carrot, raisins and orange rind. Mix the flour, soda and spice, then sift into the bowl. Lightly mix.
pour into prepared tin and bake for 40-45 minutes until firm and springy. Cool in tin for 5 minutes, then turn out and peel off the paper.
When cool, beat the icing sugar with the orange juice and drizzle over the cake.
Enjoy !