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Baking with carrots: 6 recipes that are not carrot cake

Almost everyone loves a dense carrot cake with tangy cream cheese frosting, but surely there are some other ways to cook with this amazing vegetable? We combed through the Food24 recipe collection and found these great baking recipes that call for carrots. Now you can have your cake, and eat carrots too!

1. Carrot biscuits

These carrot biscuits have a lovely spiced flavour, similar to ginger biscuits but with a sweet carrot chew.

2. Carrot cake cookies with cream cheese icing

These beautiful festive biscuits are perfect for gifting, especially around Easter time.

Carrot cake cookies

3. Carrot cake flapjacks

Let’s eat carrots for breakfast! These flapjacks are so tasty, you won’t even notice the added veggies!

4. Apple and carrot wholewheat spelt breakfast muffins

Fresh muffins are perfect for busy mornings – plus the added fibre will keep you full until lunchtime.

5. Carrot cake roulade with cream cheese and caramel icing

Okay, so this is technically a carrot cake, but it’s also a beautiful Swiss Roll cake perfect for teatime with the family.

6. Vegan carrot, coconut and orange cake

Top this lovely vegan cake with coconut shavings and chopped nuts for a yummy plant-based teatime treat.

Remember to keep a packet of McCain Baby Carrots in your freezer for when the craving for one of these delicious carrot bakes strikes! Not only are they super convenient and nutritious, but they save on time too.