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Carrot and Vanilla Loaf

Carrot and vanilla loaf

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  • Serves:

  • 8 - 10
  • Preparation time:

  • 20 minutes
  • Cooking time:

  • 1 ¼ - 1 ½ hours
  • Ingredients:

100g Onken Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt

100g peeled and cored weight cooking apples, sliced

150g carrot, grated

50g raisins

2 tbsp orange juice

150g light muscavado sugar

175g plain flour

2 ltsp baking powder

½ tsp baking soda

1 tsp ground mixed spice

150ml sunflower oil

3 medium eggs, beaten

6 walnut halves or icing as recipe below

Icing (optional)

25g Onken Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt

85g cream cheese

50g icing sugar

1/2 orange zest

6 walnut halves, chopped

Method

1Preheat the oven 180°C/160°C Fan/Gas Mark 4

2Place sliced apple, carrots, raisins and orange juice in a bowl. Cover and microwave for 3 - 4 minutes to soften the apple. Mash lightly with a fork and allow to cool.

3Place all the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Beat together the oil, eggs and the Onken Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt and add to the dry ingredients along with the cooled carrot mixture. Beat together with a wooden spoon.

4Pour into the prepared tin. Bake until golden and just firm to the touch approximately 1¼ - 1 ½ hrs. Allow to cool in tin before turning out.

5If topping with icing: beat icing ingredients together and spread onto the cake top, decorate with chopped walnuts and serve.

Posted by Natalie

My mum said I'd never top her homemade carrot loaf but I can now!


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