Carrot & Cardamom Cake

Name: Carrot & Cardamom Cake
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 70 ml vegetable oil; 150 g carrot, grated; ¼ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda; 90 g self-raising flour; Pinch of grated nutmeg; 50 g raisins; 40 g icing sugar; 60 g full-fat cream cheese; 20 g butter; ½ a lime, zested and juiced; Small handful of pistachios, coarsely chopped; 100 g soft brown sugar; 20 g pistachios, unsalted and shelled; 1 egg; 5 cardamom pods

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Hebridean Baker

By Coinneach MacLeod

Published 2021

About

A traditional carrot cake is probably my favourite bake of all. The cardamom enhances the spices with a lemon and mint hit. Always use the seeds from cardamom pods if you can, rather than pre-ground.

Ingredients

For the cake

100 g soft brown sugar
1 egg
70 ml

Europe
United Kingdom
Cake
Scotland
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat your oven to 150°C/300°F.

Cream your brown sugar and egg together before slowly whisking in the vegetable oil.

Add your grated carrot along with the raisins. Coarsely chop your shelled pistachios and stir in.

Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods and g