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Carrot Traybake

Course desserts
Cuisine British
Keyword Baking, Cakes, traybake
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 12 slices

Ingredients

Cake

  • 225 g self-raising flour
  • 100 g carrots
  • 2 bananas mashed
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsps baking powder
  • 150 g light muscovado sugar
  • 150 ml oil

Icing

  • 200 g cream cheese
  • 75 g icing sugar
  • 50 g butter

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven on gas mark 4 then grease and line a 30 x 20cm rectangular tray.
  • Add all the ingredients to a bowl and mix them together until fully incorporated. Add the mixture to tray and tap the tin lightly on the side to level the mixture.
  • Put in the oven for 50 minutes but keep checking on it. Once cooked all the way through, remove from the oven and leave in the tins for 5 minutes.
  • After 5 minutes, turn out on to a cooking rack and leave to cool completely.
  • Once the cake is cooled, mix the butter, cream cheese and icing sugar together until incorporated. Then spread the mixture on top of the traybake.