Ingredients
Makes 1 x 2lb loaf
Prep: 20 mins
Bake: 50 mins
- 115ml vegetable oil
- 200g brown sugar
- 2 medium eggs
- 60g natural yoghurt
- Dash vanilla essence
- 140g plain flour
- 1.5 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch salt
- 180g grated carrot
- 60g chopped walnuts
- Buttercream
- 30g butter
- 60g cream cheese
- 85g icing sugar
- Dash milk
- Dash vanilla
Garnish
- Chopped walnuts
- Sliced carrot
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan.
- In a bowl, whisk the oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and yoghurt.
- Sieve in the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Mix.
- Add in the chopped walnuts and grated carrot. Mix
- Spoon into lined 2lb loaf tin and bake for 55-60 mins.
- Once baked, remove and cool.
- To make the buttercream, mix the butter and cream cheese.
- Add the icing sugar, vanilla, and milk.
- Spread over the cooled loaf.
- Garnish with chopped walnuts and carrot slices
