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wartime carrot cake on a serving platter with a slice removed

Wartime Carrot Cake

National Trust
Simple carrot cake substituting carrot for some of the sugar
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Cake
Cuisine 🇬🇧 British
Servings 8

Equipment

  • 20cm Baking tin

Ingredients
  

  • 230 g self-raising flour
  • 85 g margarine or cooking fat
  • 85 g sugar
  • 115 g finely grated carrot
  • 55 g sultanas
  • A little milk or water
  • 1 reconstituted dried egg or 1 fresh egg

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 220ËšC / 200ËšC (fan) / gas mark 7.
  • Sift the flour into a mixing bowl.
  • Rub in the margarine or cooking fat.
  • Add sugar, carrot, sultanas and egg. Mix well and then add enough milk
  • or water to make sticky.
  • Pour mixture into a lined baking tin and cook in the oven for 40 - 45
  • minutes or until golden in colour.