Carrot and orange loaf
Deliciously moist carrot and orange cake with a hint of ginger, decorated with strawberries pretending to be carrots :)
ingredients
for the cake:
150 g unsalted butter at room temperature
160 granulated sugar
260 g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
20 g fresh grated ginger
grated zest of one medium orange
170 g grated carrots
100 g buttermilk
for the strawberry carrots:
4-5 strawberries
150 g white chocolate
orange food colouring
for the icing:
around 200 g icing sugar
a few tablespoons of orange juice
orange food colouring
a loaf tin, greased with butter and dusted with flour
instructions:
for the cake:
1. Beat the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.
2. Add the eggs, one at a time and beat with an electric mixer until combined.
3. Add the ginger, carrots and orange zest and mix with a spoon until combined.
4. Sift the flour and baking powder and add to the wet ingredient. Mix until all the ingredients are combined.
5. Transfer into a prepared loaf tin and bake in 170 C for around 50-60 minutes.
for the carrots:
1. Wash and dry the strawberries.
2. Microwave the chocolate in high power for around 90 seconds until melted.
3. Add a few drops of food colouring (until you reached a desired colour) and mix.
4. Dip the strawberries in the chocolate and shake off the excess chocolate.
5. Place on a baking paper and leave to set.
6. Add a couple more drops of food colouring into the leftover chocolate.
7. Transfer into a piping bad and pipe lines across the strawberries.
for the icing:
1. Mix the icing sugar with orange juice (add one tablespoon at a time) until you reached a thick consistency icing.
2. Add the food colouring and mix.
3. Transfer to a piping bag with a smallest round nozzle attached and pipe lines on the cake - make sure the cake has completely cooled down.
4. When the strawberries are set, arrange on top of the cake.
enjoy!
