Sunday bakes - 'Crappy week at work' carrot cake

This was a tough week at work so today I wound down with a little baking before it starts up again tomorrow. This recipe is actually from a cookbook that I have, you can buy a copy of it here. 

Ingredients

225g self-raising flour

1tsp baking powder

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ginger

1 tsp nutmeg

150ml sunflower oil

3 eggs

200g light soft brown sugar

400g grated carrots

Zest 1 orange

60g roasted chopped pistachios – plus extra for topping

Frosting

200g cream cheese

75g icing sugar

1.5 tsp lemon juice

Zest 1 lemon

Method

Sift the flour, baking powder and spices in together before beating the oil sugar and eggs separately and combining the two sets of ingredients.

Add the rest of the ingredients. Pour into a lined 20cm cake tin and bake at 180° for an hour or until the skewer comes out clean.

Beat the ingredients for the icing together until light and fluffy and then spread over the cake with a palette knife, sprinkle the pistachio nuts over the top and eat it all in front of friends with a vase full of sunny daffodils to yourself to make your week a bit better.