Thermomix Carrot Cake

A moist and delicious carrot cake made easy with your Thermomix.

Prep Time

20 minutes

Total Time

1 hour 10 minutes

Calories

516 kcal

Difficulty

Easy

Equipment

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Cost

£0.75/serving

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Ingredients

Servings

250gplain flour

£0.30

2tspmixed spice

£0.15

2tspbicarbonate of soda

£0.05

0.5tspsalt

£0.01

330glight muscovado sugar

£0.80

4eggs

£1.20

300mlsunflower oil

£0.60

1tspvanilla extract

£0.20

300gcarrots, peeled and roughly chopped

£0.30

100gsultanas

£0.40

100gwalnuts, roughly chopped(optional)

£1.50

For the frosting:

200gfull-fat cream cheese, softened

£1.50

100gicing sugar

£0.40

50gbutter, softened

£0.60

1tspvanilla extract

£0.20

Optional: walnut halves for decoration

£0.75

Total Cost

£8.96

£0.75 per serving

Instructions

1.
Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/gas 4. Grease and line a 23cm round cake tin with baking parchment.
2.
Place flour, mixed spice, bicarbonate of soda, and salt into the Thermomix bowl. Mix for 10 seconds on speed 4. Set aside.
3.
Place sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla extract into the Thermomix bowl. Mix for 20 seconds on speed 4.
4.
Add the chopped carrots to the bowl and chop for 5 seconds on speed 5. Scrape down the sides.
5.
Add the flour mixture back to the Thermomix bowl. Mix for 20 seconds on reverse speed 3, or until just combined. Do not overmix.
6.
Stir in the sultanas and walnuts (if using) with a spatula.
7.
Pour the mixture into the prepared cake tin and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
8.
Leave the cake to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
9.
For the frosting, place the cream cheese, icing sugar, butter, and vanilla extract into the Thermomix bowl. Mix for 20 seconds on speed 4, or until smooth and creamy. Scrape down the sides and mix again if necessary.
10.
Once the cake is completely cool, spread the frosting evenly over the top. Decorate with walnut halves, if desired.
11.
Slice and serve.

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Nutrition Information

Nutrition per serving (250g)

516 kcal / 2161 kJ

Carbs

53g

20% of RDA

Fat

32g

46% of RDA

Protein

12% of RDA

Detailed Breakdown

Fibre

2 g

7% of RDA

Sugar

34 g

38% of RDA

Sodium

451 mg

20% of RDA

Saturated Fat

6 g

30% of RDA

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Thermomix Carrot Cake

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