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Carrot and Vanilla Loaf

Similar to a carrot cake but the yogurt helps keep the cake lovely and moist and by using the vanilla yogurt it gives you that lovely vanilla taste.

Total Time

1 hour 50 minutes

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Serves

8 - 10
Ingredients Method

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  • 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 level tsp 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
  • For the icing (optional):
  • 25g Onken Vanilla Fat Free Yogurt
  • 85g cream cheese
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 1/2 orange zest
  • 6 walnut halves, chopped
  • Loaf tin 19cm x 11cm x 5.5 cm greased and base lined

Step-by-step

  1. 1 Preheat the oven 180°C/160°C Fan/Gas Mark 4.
  2. 2 Place 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.
  3. 3 Place all the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Beat together the oil, eggs and the Onken Vanilla Yogurt and add to the dry ingredients along with the cooled carrot mixture. Beat together with a wooden spoon.
  4. 4 Pour 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.
  5. 5 If topping with icing: beat icing ingredients together and spread onto the cake top, decorate with chopped walnuts and serve.

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Similar to a carrot cake but the yogurt helps keep the cake lovely and moist and by using the vanilla yogurt it gives you that lovely vanilla taste.

Total Time

1 hour 50 minutes

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Serves

8 - 10
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