Carrot and Chocolate Loaf Cake

Some times you need cake - this is a good one. Moist, delicious and perfect with a coffee. Forget guilt, what’s important is eating well most of the time, and for the rest of the time, there should be cake like this.

Makes 1 loaf cake. Oven at 160C

Baking time, 40 mins approx

Ingredients

2 eggs

6oz light flavorless veg oil

6ox castor or light brown sugar

6oz grated carrot

6oz plain flour

1heaped tsp mixed spice

1tsp baking powder

zest of an orange

1/3 of a chocolate orange chopped (divided)

Method

Sieve the flour spice baking powder together

Whisk the eggs, oil and sugar until thick and creamy

Gently beat in the flour mix

Stir in the carrot , orange zest and half the chopped chocolate

Pour into a well greased loaf tin and sprinkle the rest of the chocolate over the mix

Bake until a skewer comes out clean about 40 mins.

Let cool for 5 minutes in the tin then gently tip out and let fully cool