I read about someone having a winning carrot cake recipe, I think in this weeks NZWW, but l forgot to buy it when l was in town and was wondering if anyone has seen the recipe?
Just wondering if it is a different recipe to the ones already on here?

griffo4 - 2017-09-23 13:42:00

Bake This Cake!
Recipe by Nici Wickes
- Eggs
- White Sugar
- Brown Sugar
- Oil
- Lemon Juice
- High Grade Flour
- Wholemeal Flour
- Cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Ginger
- Baking Soda
- Baking Powder
- Carrots
- Pumpkin & Sunflower Seeds
- Walnuts

Want more than just the ingredients? Buy this weeks New Zealand Woman's Weekly to get the full recipe!

Found this. Seems to have a few different ingredients than my recipes.

The Motueka grape and grain carrot cake is hard to beat though!

MOTUEKA GRAIN & GRAPE CARROT CAKE (CAFE now called The Mooring)
2 Cups of wholemeal Flour
2 Cups of sugar
2 tspn of Mixed spice
2 tspn Cinnamon
2 tspn of Baking Soda
1 Cup of Walnuts
1/2 Cup of Pumpkin seeds
1 Cup of Sultanas
1 Cup of chopped up dried Apricots

Mix all of the above ingredients together then:

.... 750gm Grated Carrots
1½ Cups oil
4 eggs
2 tspn Vanilla

add grated carrots, mix well
whisk up 1½ Cups oils with the 4 eggs add the vanilla, then Fold Carefully into the dry ingredients
DO NOT OVER MIX Bake at 170oc for up to 2 hours keep an eye on it, Dont forget to line the tin, makes 1 large cake

glasshalfull - 2017-09-23 14:56:00

I've been making the motueka carrot cake for the last few years and it's the best ever

cottagerose - 2017-09-24 22:53:00

Thank you glasshalfull l have made the motueka cake many times and love it
l couldn't buy that weeks magazine as it was gone from shelves when l went in Monday but l got it from this weeks email and the link is below for the recipe
I may just have to try this one out soon but still love the Moon over Martinborough Dave's Carrot cake

http://www.foodtolove.co.nz/recipes/best-ever-carrot-cake-wi
th-cream-cheese-icing-37556?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medi
um=email&utm_campaign=FTL_newsletter_26-09-2017&utm_
content=Final&utm_term=list_nzww_newsletter

griffo4 - 2017-09-28 11:07:00

Here it is here

Best-ever carrot cake with cream cheese icing
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Scrumptious carrot cake
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With its wholemeal flour and vegetables (even seeds), Nici Wickes' carrot cake is as robust as it is delicious. This recipe creates a light, airy and huge cake, so tuck in!

Ingredients
4 large eggs
1 cupwhite sugar
1/2 cuploosely packed brown sugar
1 1/4 cupsneutral tasting oil (Nici used sunflower)
2 cupshigh-grade flour
1 cupwholemeal flour
2 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspnutmeg
1/2 tspginger
1 tspbaking soda
3 tspbaking powder
3 cupsgrated carrot
1/2 cuppumpkin and sunflower seeds
2 tsplemon juice
1/2 cuptoasted and chopped walnuts, to garnish
Cream cheese icing

200 gcream cheese, at room temperature
30 gbutter, softened
2 cupsicing sugar
1 tspvanilla
Recipe by

Chef

Nici Wickes
Steps
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 24cm square tin with baking paper.
Beat the eggs and sugar until thick and creamy. Add the oil and beat again until well blended. Add the sifted dry ingredients – flours, spices, baking soda and baking powder – and mix thoroughly but with a light hand. Fold in the carrots, seeds and lemon juice.
Pour into the prepared tin.
Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Allow to cool in the tin until warm before turning out on to a wire rack.
Ice with cream cheese icing once completely cooled and shower with toasted walnuts.
Cream cheese icing

Place all the ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth.
Tips

- Makes one 24cm cake.

- Using some wholemeal flour and adding pumpkin and sunflower seeds adds texture to this beautiful cake.

http://www.foodtolove.co.nz/recipes/best-ever-carrot-cake-wi
th-cream-cheese-icing-37556

flower-child01 - 2017-10-04 22:09:00

Just like to say thank you for taking the effort to make this post flower-child, in the absence of the OP.

buzzy110 - 2017-10-05 17:41:00

& thanks to others who posted their recipes as well.
I have made and like the Motueka recipe, but the one flower-child01 & the Nici Wickes one sound delish, as well.
Which one will you try, buzzy?
(for a special occasion, of course)

samanya - 2017-10-05 18:17:00

cottagerose wrote:

I've been making the motueka carrot cake for the last few years and it's the best ever

Made this yesterday ,wow it was so good and everyone had a second piece.

dreamers - 2017-10-14 21:12:00

bump

bev00 - 2018-10-14 23:50:00

flower-child01 wrote:

Here it is here

Best-ever carrot cake with cream cheese icing
Be the first to rate this recipe
Scrumptious carrot cake
SavePrint
With its wholemeal flour and vegetables (even seeds), Nici Wickes' carrot cake is as robust as it is delicious. This recipe creates a light, airy and huge cake, so tuck in!

Ingredients
4 large eggs
1 cupwhite sugar
1/2 cuploosely packed brown sugar
1 1/4 cupsneutral tasting oil (Nici used sunflower)
2 cupshigh-grade flour
1 cupwholemeal flour
2 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspnutmeg
1/2 tspginger
1 tspbaking soda
3 tspbaking powder
3 cupsgrated carrot
1/2 cuppumpkin and sunflower seeds
2 tsplemon juice
1/2 cuptoasted and chopped walnuts, to garnish
Cream cheese icing

200 gcream cheese, at room temperature
30 gbutter, softened
2 cupsicing sugar
1 tspvanilla
Recipe by

Chef

Nici Wickes
Steps
Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a 24cm square tin with baking paper.
Beat the eggs and sugar until thick and creamy. Add the oil and beat again until well blended. Add the sifted dry ingredients – flours, spices, baking soda and baking powder – and mix thoroughly but with a light hand. Fold in the carrots, seeds and lemon juice.
Pour into the prepared tin.
Bake for 1 hour or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Allow to cool in the tin until warm before turning out on to a wire rack.
Ice with cream cheese icing once completely cooled and shower with toasted walnuts.
Cream cheese icing

Place all the ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth.
Tips

- Makes one 24cm cake.

- Using some wholemeal flour and adding pumpkin and sunflower seeds adds texture to this beautiful cake.

http://www.foodtolove.co.nz/recipes/best-ever-carrot-cake-wi
th-cream-cheese-icing-37556

Thank you for posting that l just saw it now

griffo4 - 2018-10-24 13:22:00

Motueka Grain and grape carrot cake wins every time. I leave out the pumpkin seeds and apricot but I do add them on top of the icing.

marcs - 2018-10-24 21:03:00

For those who have made the Motueka Carrot Cake - how many carrots is 750gms please?.

mausymoo - 2018-10-31 15:33:00

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hidecote01 - 2018-10-31 16:57:00

griffo4 wrote:

Thank you glasshalfull l have made the motueka cake many times and love it
l couldn't buy that weeks magazine as it was gone from shelves when l went in Monday but l got it from this weeks email and the link is below for the recipe
I may just have to try this one out soon but still love the Moon over Martinborough Dave's Carrot cake

http://www.foodtolove.co.nz/recipes/best-ever-carrot-cake-wi
th-cream-cheese-icing-37556?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medi
um=email&utm_campaign=FTL_newsletter_26-09-2017&utm_
content=Final&utm_term=list_nzww_newsletter

Daves cake looks really easy. Must try it one day. Loved reading the book.

hidecote01 - 2018-10-31 17:03:00

hidecote01 wrote:

Daves cake looks really easy. Must try it one day. Loved reading the book.

it is the one l know make and get rave reviews about and it is quick and easy
love his book and some other good recipes l must try one of these days

griffo4 - 2018-11-01 17:53:00

marcs wrote:

Motueka Grain and grape carrot cake wins every time. I leave out the pumpkin seeds and apricot but I do add them on top of the icing.

l love your cream cheese icing recipe and it is the only one l use as it tastes much better

griffo4 - 2018-11-01 17:54:00

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bev00 - 2019-11-02 00:59:00

bump

bev00 - 2019-11-02 01:17:00