Ingredients: serve 6

Butter for greasing

100gr self raising

Pinch of salt

1 tsp ground nutmeg

2 eggs beaten

5 tablespoon sunflower oil

1 banana chopped

25gr chopped toasted mixed nuts

40gr butter soften

3 tablespoon cream cheese

175gr icing sugar

1 tsp orange fresh juice

Grated rind of ½ orange

Walnut halves of pieces to decorate

Method:

Preheat the oven to 180degrees celcius /  gas mark 4 . greese on 18cm , 7 inch square cake tin and line with baking paper

Sift the f;lour , mixed spice and nutmeg in the bowl. Stir in the eggs the oil, and the carrots , banana and nuts and mix well together .

Spoon the mixture in the prepared tin . Bake in a preheated oven over 35-40 minutes or until risen , golden and springly to the touch .  Leave to cool slightly , then transfer to a wire rach to cool completely . to make the freezing  , put the cream cheese , icing sugar and orange juice and rind into a bowl and beat together until creamy Spread the frosting over the top of the cake and use a fork to make wavy lines in the frosting. Scatter over the walnuts and cut the cake into 6pieces .

Variation

For a different more flavoured frosting wrap the orange juice and lime juice and rind instead.

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