Michelle Darmody: How to make the classic carrot cake

"Orange and carrot bring out the best in each other. By adding orange zest and juice to a carrot cake you not only let the carrots shine, but you also add a nice balance to the ground ginger and cinnamon."

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The first carrot cake recipe can be traced back to the 1800s. 

It appeared in a French cookbook and was then translated into English a number of years later.