Quick Carrot Cake

The carrot cake is delicious, has an amazing texture, and it is very easy to make!

Utensils

• Baking tin (the quantities are for 20cm * 30cm rectangular tin);
• Kitchen scale;
• Mixing bowl;
• Food processor with a grating function (or a hand grater).

Ingredients

• 250g butter;
• 4 eggs;
• 340g sugar (the regular one will do, but dark brown sugar is wonderful);
• 400g self-raising flour;
• 400g grated carrots;
• a pinch of salt.

• Up to 250g raisins/sultanas/candied orange peel (optional);
• Cardamom, nutmeg (optional).

Directions

1. Peel and grate carrots;
2. Pre-heat the oven at 190C;
3. Melt butter;
4. Sift flour in a bowl, add sugar and a pinch of salt, and mix well; Add grated carrots and mix again;
5. Mix eggs with melted butter, then add the mixture to the bowl with flour etc., and mix so that the batter becomes homogeneous,;
6. Add raisins/sultanas/candied orange peel;
7. Put batter in the baking tin;
8. Bake at 190C for 45 minutes.