
Easter Carrot Cake Loaf

Lili Forberg’s Carrot Cake Loaf
Prep time: 10-15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy
For the cake:
- 1 cup Flahavan’s Organic Porridge Oats
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- ¾ cup soft brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 cup natural yoghurt
- 2 cups grated carrot
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- Left over easter egg of your choice

For the icing:
- 200g cream cheese
- 1/3 cup icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Method
In a large bowl, mix together all of the dry ingredients, along with the vegetable oil, egg, natural yoghurt, grated carrot, chopped pecans and 1 tsp vanilla essence
Grease and line a loaf tin, before pouring your mixture in. Bake for approximately 1 hour at a temperature of 170 celcius (fan).
In a separate bowl, use a hand mixer to combine the cream cheese, icing sugar and remaining 1 tsp vanilla essence.
Once baked, remove your loaf from the tin and allow it to cool, before topping with your icing.
Drizzle with chopped up easter eggs of your choice and enjoy!