Frosted carrot squares

Kids' party recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 30 mins; recipe has carrot, brown sugar, self-raising flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon, orange, egg, sunflower oil, softened butter, icing sugar, soft cheese and sprinkle.

Frosted carrot squares

Frosted carrot squares

Recipe by Chef Soomro Course: Kids party
Servings

4 - 8

servings
Prep time

30 mins

Ingredients

  • Egg: 2 eggs
  • Carrot: 200g carrots, peeled
  • Brown Sugar: 175g soft brown sugar
  • Cinnamon: 2 tsp cinnamon
  • Sunflower Oil: 150ml sunflower oil
  • Orange: zest 1 orange
  • Bicarbonate Of Soda: 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • Self Raising Flour: 200g self-raising flour
  • Soft Cheese: 200g soft cheese
  • Icing Sugar: 75g icing sugar
  • Softened Butter: 50g softened butter
  • Sprinkle: sprinkles (optional)

Directions

  1. Line an 18cm square tin with baking parchment.Ask your grown-up helperto turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grate the carrots on the fine side of the grater, then tip them into a large bowl.
  2. Sift the sugar, flour, bicarb and cinnamon on top of the carrot, then add the orange zest and mix everything around a bit.
  3. Break the eggs into a bowl (scoop out any bits of shell), then add them to the bowl along with the oil. Mix everything together well.
  4. Scoop the cake mix into your tin and level the top.Ask a grown-upto put it in the oven for 30 minutes or until the cake is cooked. Cool.
  5. To make the icing, mix the butter and icing sugar together, then stir in the soft cheese until smooth.
  6. When the cake is cool, spread the top with the icing and cut into squares. Decorate with sprinkles, if you like.