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Caster Sugar Recipes

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Sweet Dishes

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot cake is one of the very few cakes where the vegetable in the name is not a compromise — it genuinely makes the cake better. Freshly grated carrots release moisture directly into the batter and carry the spices into every crumb. The cake uses oil rather than butter, which keeps it moist even straight from the fridge. Brown sugar adds molasses depth that plain white sugar doesn't. The cream cheese frosting is the best part: tangy, rich, and not too sweet when you use a measured hand with the icing sugar. This is a two-layer cake assembled with frosting between the layers and swirled over the top and sides.

90 min510 kcal12 serves

🌿Vegetarian

★4.4

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Flour and Confectionery Products

Pistachio Lemon Bars

Lemon bars are already one of the better things you can do with eggs and citrus. The pistachio shortbread crust makes them something else. Ground pistachios replace part of the flour, giving the base a nutty, slightly green quality and a more interesting texture than plain shortbread — sandy but with more flavor, and with a subtle saltiness that works against the bright lemon filling. The filling is a simple lemon curd baked directly over the prebaked crust: eggs, sugar, fresh lemon juice, a little flour to help it set. It sets to a glossy, slightly wobbly layer that cuts cleanly once cold. Powdered sugar dusted over the top just before serving, and a few chopped pistachios for contrast. These are spring dessert food, but they'd make sense any time of year.

75 min245 kcal16 serves

🌿Vegetarian

★4.5

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