Whipped tahini frosting teamed with a classic carrot cake sponge — what a dream. Here's a carrot cake recipe worth getting behind. Thank us later.
Unlock Mob Premium
Serves
10
Vegetable Oil
Dark Brown Soft Sugar
Honey
Egg
Self Raising Flour
Bicarbonate Soda
Cinnamon
Ground Ginger
Carrot
For The Tahini Cream Cheese Buttercream
Butter
Icing Sugar
Cream Cheese
Tahini
For The Honey Caramel
Honey
Dark Brown Soft Sugar
Butter
Double Cream
Toasted Sesame Seed
Serves
10
Vegetable Oil
Dark Brown Soft Sugar
Honey
Egg
Self Raising Flour
Bicarbonate Soda
Cinnamon
Ground Ginger
Carrot
For The Tahini Cream Cheese Buttercream
Butter
Icing Sugar
Cream Cheese
Tahini
For The Honey Caramel
Honey
Dark Brown Soft Sugar
Butter
Double Cream
Toasted Sesame Seed
Unlock Mob Premium
Press GO to start step-by-step mode and keep your screen awake as you cook.
Step 1.
Heat the oven to 160°C. Line two 20cm cake tins.
Step 2.
Whisk the oil, dark brown sugar, honey and eggs together. Set aside for 10 mins.
Step 3.
Whisk the flour, bicarbonate of soda, cinnamon and ground ginger together. Add a pinch of salt.
Step 4.
Whisk the flour mix into the oil mixture, along with grated carrots (it’ll be very stiff). Use a spatula to fold the grated carrots into the mixture and stir well — you’ll feel the mixture loosen.
Step 5.
Divide the mixture between the cake tins and bake for 30-35 mins.
Step 6.
Make the honey caramel. Add the honey, brown sugar and butter to a shallow pan over a medium-high heat. Cook down until the sugar is melted and the mixture is thick and dark. Add the double cream and whisk in. Set aside to cool completely.
Step 7.
Remove the cakes from the oven, allow to cool in the tin for 5 mins, then tip onto a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 8.
Make the buttercream. Add the butter to a bowl with the icing sugar and mix with an electric whisk until very fluffy. Add the cream cheese and whisk a little further until thick and creamy. Add the tahini and mix to combine.
Step 9.
Place one of the cake layers on a plate. Add half of the buttercream, then drizzle with the honey caramel. Top with the other cake layer. Top with the remaining buttercream. You can cover the sides if you like.
Step 10.
Finish with a drizzle of honey caramel and scatter with sesame seeds. Slice and serve.
Unlock Mob Premium
Did you like this recipe?
Leave a note
Notes (1)
G
Grace A.
a month ago
Gorgeous! I used a carab honey for the caramel which was amazing at balancing the other flavours and the cake tasted incredible
Hear from our customers
Mob Premium? It's like having a VIP pass to the coolest kitchen party online. Top chefs, killer recipes, and endless inspiration—all in one place.
Caitlin P
The most helpful recipe inspiration food-loving site to use day to day- often use recipes to cook for friends and they tell me how good it was- I don’t take the credit, credit is due to Mob!
Lucy P
Mob is the perfect source of inspiration for when I don’t know what to make – I can browse the site, pick something I like the look of, and have it on the table really easily.
Sonia M
Mob has a massive range of recipes that are guaranteed to hit every time. I can literally just pick something at random and know that it’ll be absolutely delicious.
Dylan F
Lots of recipes and great food content are uploaded all the time. Easy to make collections of recipe ideas. Really good search tool.
Georgia W
I would recommend Mob to my friends as it's an easy way to access fun recipes that suit every diet and lifestyle. They're recipes that you can 100% trust.
Reine F
Essential - health is wealth and life is too short to be eating boring meals.
Jazmyn C
Mob is my go-to when I don't know what to cook. The recipes are surprisingly simple and always get a great response. Thank you!
Tom W