Ingredients

  • Cake
    • 225 ml of sunflower oil
    • 150 of white sugar
    • 3 large eggs
    • 1 tbsp of cinnamon
    • 1 ½ tsp of nutmeg
    • 1 ½ tsp of bicarbonate of soda
    • 275 g of plain flour
    • 275 g of grated carrots
    • Zests of 3 oranges
    • 75 g of desiccated coconut
    • 100 g of chopped walnuts
    • 150 g of sultanas
    • 1 ½ tsp of vanilla extract
  • Syrup
    • 150 g of marmalade
    • Juice of 2 oranges
    • 100 g of white sugar
  • Filling
    • 75 g of butter
    • 200 g of cream cheese
    • 50 g of marmalade
    • Zest and juice of 2 oranges
    • 150 g icing sugar
  • Orange zest to decorate

Instructions

  1. Mix the sunflower oil, the sugar and the eggs first, then add cinnamon, nutmeg, bicarbonate of soda and flour and finally the other ingredients.
  2. Divide into two and bake for 30-35 minutes at 130 °C.
  3. To make the syrup, put everything in a pan and heat gently until the sugar is dissolved.
  4. When the cakes are cooked, make holes in them and pour the syrup on top.
  5. Mix all the ingredients of the filling, leaving 10 g of marmalade.
  6. Put one cake top down spread with the remaining marmalade and then with the filling, add the second cake on top.
  7. Decorate with orange zests.

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