Microwave Carrot Cake

Method

1. Add the carrots, walnuts, chopped dates, brown sugar, beaten eggs, vanilla extract, sunflower oil, cold milk into a large bowl and mix well.

2. Then sift into the bowl the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and ground spice and mix well

4. Pour the mixture into a medium sized dish (suitable for the Microwave) and place into an 800w microwave cook on High for 14 minutes. The top should be springy and the sides coming away from the edge.

5. When it is cooked place the dish to one side and allow to cool. Once cooled down, turn out the cake onto a cooling rack and leave to rest.

6. To make the icing add Philadelphia , icing sugar, the zest and juice of the lemon and vanilla extract. Mix the ingredients together and pour into a suitable jug.

NB: The topping is best used to pour over individual slices of the cake.