Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

I've tried many carrot cakes, and this is my favorite recipe. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long.

Carrot cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Carrot cake is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:

1. Make ready 175 g plain flour
2. Take 2 tsp baking powder
3. Make ready 1 tsp cinnamon
4. Get 1/2 tsp ground cloves
5. Take 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
6. Prepare 200 g soft brown or muscovado sugar
7. Get 150 ml vegetable oil
8. Make ready 3 eggs
9. Prepare 200 g grated carrots
10. Prepare 70 g raisins or sultanas
11. Prepare For the filling:
12. Get 4 generous tablespoons of apricot jam, warmed up if very thick
13. Get For the ganache:
14. Make ready 60 g white cooking chocolate (or any plain white)
15. Get 30 g (2 tbsp) double cream

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Steps to make Carrot cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4. Butter and line with parchment a 20cm round tin. Grate the carrots – to get 200g you need to grate about 3 medium sized ones. Mix the flour with baking powder and the spices and put aside. Mix the sugar with the oil in a bowl of a standing mixer (or use a hand mixer), then beat in the eggs. Add the grated carrots, the raisins, sieve in the flour and spice mix and fold it all in with a spatula. Pour into the tin and bake for about 50 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool the cake in the tin.
2. When completely cold, slice it across in two layers with a large bread knife. Spread apricot jam over the bottom half in a generous layer. Cover with the top half.
3. Prepare the ganache: break up the chocolate into pieces as small as possible. Put the cream in a bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Immediately add the chocolate and leave to stand (in the microwave) for a minute or two. Whisk together into smooth ganache.
4. Using a spoon, drizzle over the top of the cake, letting the ganache dribble over the sides as well. Serve with cream! clotted cream! custard! whipped cream! warm vanilla sauce! caramel sauce! And it’s lovely on its own, too.

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