Carrot and Orange Loaf
Recipe Type: Cakes
Ingredients
1 Orange
7oz (200gms) Mortons Self Raising Flour
5oz (150gms) Soft Margarine
5oz (150gms) Light Muscavdo Sugar
6oz (175gms) Carrots, peeled and grated
2 Eggs beaten
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
Half teaspoon Mixed spice
1 Tablespoon Milk (approx)
2 Tablespoons Clear Honey
Method
Pre-heat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Lightly grease and line a 2lb (900 gm) loaf tin with greased greaseproof paper.
Finely grate the orange rind, cut away the pith and slice the orange thinly. Place the rind in a large bowl and add the margarine, sugar, eggs, carrots, flour, baking powder, mixed spice and mix well until thoroughly blended. Add the tablespoon of milk if necessary to give a dropping consistency. Spoon into the prepared tin.
Bake in the pre-heated oven for about one hour or until just firm to touch. Remove the cake from the oven and arrange the thin slices of orange over the top. Brush with the honey and return the cake to the oven for a further fifteen minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Leave to cool in the tin for a few minutes then turn out and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.
Date Posted: 01/04/2010
