Nigella carrot cake

This is very different from the richly sweet, loftily layered and aerated American original. While it is in some senses far more reminiscent of an old-fashioned, slightly rustic English teatime treat, it is, with its ginger-spiked cream cheese icing — only on top, not running through the middle as well — just right to bring to the table, in pudding guise, at the end of dinner, too. Before you chop the amber dice of crystallised ginger, rub the cubes between your fingers to remove excess…

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Nigella's carrot cake is made with fresh carrots, crunchy walnuts, warming spices, and crystallised ginger, topped with creamy cream cheese icing. This delicious Nigella Carrot Cake takes about 1 hour to prepare and can serve 8-12 people.

Not all carrot cakes are created equal, especially where Nigella is concerned. This recipe, "originating from Venetian Jews, which sounds refreshingly medieval, made as it is from ground almonds, rather than flour, is enriched with eggs and olive oil and studded with rum-soaked sultanas." As she admits, "it's not much to look at'"– a golden disc about half the height of one layer of an ordinary cake – but it's incredibly moist and deliciously nutty, with a lovely citrus kick too. It's also…

This is very different from the richly sweet, loftily layered and aerated American original. Nigella's carrot cake with ginger cream cheese icing can make a great pudding, too.

Recipes come into being in strange ways. The fabulous Brazilian pit master and chef, André Lima de Luca, told me about a way he had for slow-cooking a shoulder of pork with (among many other ingredients) oregano, rosemary, orange and lemon. The thought and flavours percolated at the back of my mind for a while – and then I tried cooking a leg of lamb with them last Easter.

Not all carrot cakes are created equal, especially where Nigella is concerned. This recipe, "originating from Venetian Jews, which sounds refreshingly medieval, made as it is from ground almonds, rather than flour, is enriched with eggs and olive oil and studded with rum-soaked sultanas." As she admits, "it's not much to look at'"– a golden disc about half the height of one layer of an ordinary cake – but it's incredibly moist and deliciously nutty, with a lovely citrus kick too. It's also…

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The Carrot Cake from The Cheesecake Factory is a rich and savory dessert that is frosted with cream cheese icing. There are plenty of crisp carrots, aromatic spices, and a touch of sugar to make you want more.

Nigella Lawson served up a delicious carrot cake with crystallised ginger, walnuts and cream cheese icing on Nigella: At My Table. The ingredients are: 200g plain flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp …