Date, walnut and dried apricot cake
Filled with dried fruit, grated carrots and parsnip, and chopped nuts, this gently spiced cake is delicious with Mascarpone icing
SERVES
8
PEOPLE
PREP TIME
15
MINUTES
COOKING TIME
75
MINUTES
Ingredients
200g self-raising flour
240g caster sugar
1½ tsp baking powder
2 tsp powdered cinnamon
2 tsp ground ginger
50g dried apricots, chopped
50g dates, de-stoned and chopped
50g walnuts chopped
220ml olive oil
125g carrots, grated
100g parsnip, grated
3 eggs
To ice:
75g butter, softened
255g icing sugar
225g Mascarpone cheese
