Marcus Wareing Cooks Carrot Cake

Marcus Wareing cooks a lovely carrot cake from his new book One Perfect Ingredient, Three Ways to Cook It, available from www.dk.com.
For the Cake
3 medium eggs
300g carrots, peeled and grated
4tbsp vegetable oil
125g Demerara sugar
50g walnuts, chopped
175g plain white flour
75g plain wholemeal flour
1tbsp ground cinnamon
50ml milk
2tsp bicarbonate of soda

For the Frosting
200g full-fat soft cheese
125g icing sugar, sifted
30g soft unsalted butter
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1tbsp lemon juice

• Heat the oven to 160°C fan (180°C/gas 4). Grease a deep 18cm round cake tin.
• Beat the eggs in a large bowl, then add the carrots, oil, sugar, and walnuts. Mix well. In a separate bowl, combine the flours with the cinnamon.
• Gently stir the two mixtures together until half combined.
• Heat the milk in a pan until warm, then remove from the heat and stir in the bicarbonate of soda. Add this liquid to the cake mixture and stir together until just combined. Do not overmix.
• Pour the mixture into the cake tin and bake for 30--35 minutes.
• Test if the cake is cooked by piercing the centre with a skewer: it should come out clean. If not, return to the oven and bake for a further 5 minutes, then test again. Leave to cool in the tin.
• Place all the ingredients for the frosting in a food processor and process until smooth (or beat with an electric mixer or wooden spoon).
• Cover the cake all over with the frosting. Refrigerate until set before slicing.

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[urbex2007]

Going sea sick watching that - stop waving the camera about. The effect is crap and ruins the demonstration.

leave the camera still so we can see what is being cooked.

[wachupango]

do u need to grease the pan?

[76ivonneastrid]

@wachupango Not really IF u plan to eat from the pan as when u want to take it to a picnic u could use a steel pan or glass, frost it and eat from it. now if u want to remove the cake YOU NEED TO either grease it or use parchment paper.

[colwilpro]

I usually let it cool for a few mins when I make sticky toffee. Colin (Chef)

[sh97]

He used a spring form pan which makes it easier to remove the cake without breaking or crumbling it, but it's always a good idea to grease and lightly flour the bottoms and sides of cake pans.

[TheVittleVlog]

Nice job....very informative... Thanks!

[spunnybunny]

Should the milk be hot/warm when put into the bicarb or soda or has it cooled down at this point?

[4usocrazy]

yummmm

[werbi1973]

Marcus is the best

[Velasca]

But Gordon Ramsay isn't the best.