Ingredients for - Carrot cake traybake

1. 200g carrots , peeled
2. 175g soft brown sugar
3. 200g self-raising flour
4. 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
5. 2 tsp cinnamon
6. zest 1 orange
7. 2 eggs
8. 150ml sunflower oil
9. 50g softened butter
10. 75g icing sugar
11. 200g soft cheese
12. Sprinkles (Optional)

How to cook deliciously - Carrot cake traybake

1 . Stage

Line an 18cm square tin with baking parchment. Ask your grown-up helper to turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grate the carrots on the fine side of the grater, then tip them into a large bowl.

2 . Stage

Sift the sugar, flour, bicarb and cinnamon on top of the carrot, then add the orange zest and mix everything around a bit.

3 . Stage

Break the eggs into a bowl (scoop out any bits of shell), then add them to the bowl along with the oil. Mix everything together well.

4 . Stage

Scoop the cake mix into your tin and level the top. Ask a grown-up to put it in the oven for 30 minutes or until the cake is cooked. Cool.

5 . Stage

To make the icing, mix the butter and icing sugar together, then stir in the soft cheese until smooth.

6 . Stage

When the cake is cool, spread the top with the icing and cut into squares. Decorate with sprinkles, if you like.