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Carrot cake recipes

Carrot cake, with its warming spices, moist sponge and silky cream cheese icing, is something of a teatime classic. Here’s our collection of go-to recipes to keep you inspired.

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Carrot cake recipes

Best of the best carrot cake

Presenting our best ever carrot cake recipe, packed with warming spice and crunchy nuts and topped with mascarpone brown butter frosting.

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Manon Lagrève’s carrot cake

Manon Lagrève puts a French twist on a classic Anglo-American bake in this spiced carrot cake recipe from the Bake Off alumni.

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Celebration cake recipes

Carrot and cheesecake layer cake

This carrot cake and marbled cheesecake layer cake is a truly spectacular celebration cake that's perfect for birthdays or Easter.

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Spiced carrot halwa cake

Georgina Hayden puts a different spin on a carrot cake with her halwa recipe, spiced with cardomom and topped with brown-sugar buttercream.

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Eric Lanlard’s carrot and pumpkin celebration cake

Eric Lanlard's carrot cake with ginger mascarpone frosting is the perfect birthday cake, Easter treat or celebration centrepiece.

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Nut-free cakes and bakes

Nut-free carrot cupcakes

These nut-free carrot cupcakes are slathered in cream cheese icing. Serve as part of a nut-free afternoon tea or kids' party spread.

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Easy carrot cake

It's always good to have an easy carrot cake recipe up your sleeve. Our simple carrot cake is topped with cream cheese frosting.

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The ultimate carrot cake

Carrot cake with cream cheese icing is a classic afternoon tea treat. We've created the ultimate recipe using dark muscovado sugar and soured cream.

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Classic carrot cake

This classic carrot cake is beautifully spiced with green cardamom pods, cinnamon and allspice, then topped with cream cheese frosting

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Vegetable cake recipes

Carrot cake

Nothing beats a classic carrot cake recipe made with carrots, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg and a dreamy cream cheese icing.

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Naked cake recipes

Passion cake

Pineapple, coconut and vanilla provide dreamy tropical flavours in this naked carrot cake recipe – it will be the hero of any afternoon tea.

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Bundt cake recipes

Carrot bundt cake with honey and cream cheese icing

This gorgeous bundt cake adds a new dimension to the classic carrot cake: it's perfect for afternoon tea, birthdays, and Easter baking.

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Carrot and walnut cake

Ciara Davis's luscious carrot and walnut cake is packed with sultanas and desiccated coconut and covered with zesty lemon cream cheese icing.

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Carrot and parsnip cake with rose frosting

The perfect teatime treat, with an unusual marriage of flavours that works brilliantly. It's pure cake indulgence (and you can thank us later!).

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Paul Hollywood’s ultimate carrot cake

Paul Hollywood's ultimate (but easy!) carrot cake recipe is made with pecan nuts, cinnamon, ginger then topped with a cream cheese frosting.

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The best carrot cake

This recipe is the gold standard of carrot cakes, with the edible petal topping exuding sophistication and decadence. A true teatime classic!

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