cheap family recipes
feed a family of 4 for less than £200 a month
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 orange
- 320 g carrots grated
- 200 g raisins
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 200 ml vegetable oil
- 350 g self raising flour
- 200 g sugar
Instructions
- Zest and juice the orange. Warm the orange juice in a saucepan and add the raisins to soak in it to plump up. Allow to cool.
- keep the orange carcasses to use in making marmalade once you have made all the carrot cakes for the month
- Warm oven to gas mark 4.
- Blitz all other ingredients together in food processor or mix together in large bowl with a wooden spoon.
- Pour into 2 cake tins, papered or greased. Or use silicone ones if you have them.
- Bake for 45 mins or until dark golden brown and springy in the centre to your touch.
- Click here to start a 45 minute timer
- Cut into 32 squares.
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