Rustle these up with Rosemary: Carrot cake with orange buttercream and walnuts

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In her new?調書をとる／予約する, chef?Rosemary?Shrager?guides you?through tried?and 実験（する）d?recipes that?she 公約するs will?turn you into?a better cook?

?You can't （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 a good carrot cake and this one is better than good, it's 広大な／多数の／重要な?

I always enjoy carrot cake but this one is made extra special by the 新規加入 of dates, which give it a わずかに Middle Eastern flavour.?

It is 価値（がある） 追加するing the carrot confit if you have time, as it looks pretty and tastes 広大な／多数の／重要な.

Serves 8

For the cake

• 200g (7oz) plain flour
• 2 わずかに heaped tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 100g (3?oz) walnuts, 概略で chopped, 加える some extra walnut halves to decorate
• 250g (9oz) runny honey
• 100g (3?oz) carrots, peeled and finely grated
• 180g (6?oz) pitted dates, chopped
• 2tsp ground cinnamon
• 1tsp grated nutmeg
• 100g (3?oz) butter, 加える extra for greasing

For the buttercream icing

• 250g (9oz) unsalted butter, at room 気温
• 500g (1lb 2oz) icing sugar, 精査するd
• Finely grated zest of 1 orange, 井戸／弁護士席 washed
• 100ml (3?fl oz) 二塁打 cream

For the carrot confit (optional)

• 150g (5?oz) golden caster sugar
• 1 large carrot, peeled and 削減（する） into 罰金 matchsticks

Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4. Grease a 22cm loose-底（に届く）d cake tin and line the base and 味方するs with baking paper.?

Put the plain flour, bicarbonate of soda and the 概略で chopped walnuts in a large bowl and 始める，決める it aside. Then put the honey, carrots, dates, cinnamon, nutmeg and butter in a pan and 追加する 200ml of water.?

Place the pan over a gentle heat and let everything melt together, then simmer for 5-7 minutes. Tip the mixture into a clean bowl and leave to 冷静な／正味の until lukewarm, then 動かす in the flour, bicarb and walnuts.?

注ぐ the mixture into the lined tin, then bake for 45 minutes or until 会社／堅い to the touch. 除去する from the oven and 許す to 冷静な／正味の for 5 minutes, then 除去する from the tin and 移転 to a wire rack to 冷静な／正味の 完全に.

To make the buttercream, put the butter in a bowl with the icing sugar and orange zest. Using an electric 手渡す mixer, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 until soft.?素早い行動 the cream to soft 頂点（に達する）s and 倍の it into the butter and sugar mixture.

To make the carrot confit, if using, put the sugar in a pan with 200ml of water and slowly bring to the boil over a gentle heat. 追加する the carrot and cook for 15-20 minutes.?

緊張する off the liquid and leave the （土地などの）細長い一片s of carrot on a piece of greaseproof paper to 冷静な／正味の.

To 組み立てる／集結する the cake, 削減（する） it in half horizontally. Spread some of the buttercream on the 底（に届く） 層, cover with the other half of the cake and spread the 残り／休憩（する） of the icing on 最高の，を越す.

Then decorate with the walnut halves and the carrot confit, if using.???

抽出するd from Rosemary Shrager’s Cookery Course by Rosemary Shrager, published by BBC 調書をとる／予約するs, £20. 申し込む／申し出 price £16 until 06/10/2018, order at mailshop. co.uk/調書をとる／予約するs or call 0844 571 0640, p&p is 解放する／自由な on orders over £15. Photography ? Andrew Hayes-Watk ins.?

ROSEMARY'S GOLDEN RULES

Rosemary's golden 支配するs 含む buying everything fresh and 存在 organised

I’m all for breaking 支配するs but there are some kitchen habits I stick to.

Buy everything as fresh as possible. Supermarkets have their place, but look at 地元の farms and markets too.

Be organised when 準備するing food. Keep your 成分s on your left and prepped food on your 権利.

When 準備するing 成分s, finish one 仕事 before starting the next, ie. 肌 all your tomatoes, then chop ? don’t peel one, chop it, then go 支援する to peeling. It’s just not efficient.

（疑いを）晴らす up as you go. Mess is stressful.?