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Carrot fruity slice

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 35 mins
  • Serving: 24 people (makes 24 slices)
Ratings: 4.3
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • ½ cup sugar
    • 150ml sunflower oil
    • 3 eggs, lightly beaten
    • 150g (1 ½ cups) grated carrot
    • ½ cup raisins
    • 50g (⅓ cup) dried apricots, finely chopped
    • 1 orange, zest and juice
    • 2 tablespoons walnut pieces
    • 1 ¼ cups self-raising flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
    • 3 tablespoons icing sugar
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line a slice pan base with baking paper.

    2 Mix sugar, oil and egg together in a large bowl. Stir in carrot, raisins, apricots, orange zest and walnuts.

    3 Add flour, soda and cinnamon just to combine. Spoon into pan and bake for 25 minutes until firm to touch. Cool slightly then turn onto cooling rack.

    4 To make icing, mix the icing sugar with the orange juice and a little water to make a runny icing. Drizzle over bars before cutting in even-sized pieces.

    HFG tip

    This slice can be frozen for 3 weeks, or slice will keep in an airtight container in a cool place (unfrozen) for 4 days.

     

     

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