Double Layer Carrot And Pecan Cake With Nutmeg Icing

• For the cake
• 3 organic eggs
• 175 milliliters rice bran oil (or light olive oil)
• 1/4 cup full-fat unsweetened Greek yoghurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• zest of one orange
• 50 grams ground almonds
• 200 grams soft brown sugar
• 50 grams desiccated coconut
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 100 grams chopped roasted pecans
• 80 grams sultanas
• For the icing
• 150 grams butter, softened
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 125 grams cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg powder
• handful roasted chopped pecans for decoration (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 180C fan bake. Line 2 x 22cm tins with baking paper.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat eggs, oil, yoghurt, vanilla and orange zest until smooth. Gradually add flour, ground almonds, sugar, coconut, spices and raising agents. Stop your mixer once just combined - do not over-mix. Fold through grated carrots, pecans and sultanas. Divide batter evenly between the 2 cake tins.
3. Bake for about 40 minutes. The cakes are ready when golden in colour, springy to the touch and a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean. Allow cakes to cool for around 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack.
4. Meanwhile, make the icing. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and vanilla until smooth and then gradually add icing sugar. Add cream cheese a little at a time and continue to beat until light and fluffy. Finally, fold through nutmeg.
5. Once cakes are cool, spread a layer of icing onto one cake and place the other directly on top. Apply a neat coating of icing to the top of the cake and decorate with chopped roasted pecans. Serve at room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/70434-double-layer-carrot-and-pecan-cake-with-nutmeg-icing (may not work)