Moist Steam Carrot Cheese Fruit Cake

Ingredients - 23cm cake tin
2 grated carrots
1 cup of dried currants and raisins
80g cream cheese
125g butter
50g castor sugar
80g almond meal
70g self raising wholemeal flour
5 eggs, separated
Juice of 1/2 an orange
1 tsp of whisky/brandy etc.

Preheat oven to 160degF.

Melt butter and cream cheese in a double boil pot - switch heat off when water starts to boil. (Note: cheese will not be completely melted)

Separately, add dried fruits to the flour and mix it up.

Whisk egg yolks and sugar till become light pale yellow and creamy. Slowly add the melted butter and cheese, and whisk together till combined into creamy texture. Slowly add in flour mixture with fruits and almond meal, then carrots in several batches, orange juice and liquer, while folding the mixture slowly and combining mixture.

Whisk egg white till form white peaks. Add into egg yolk mixture in batches and combine.

Steam bake (ie put a tray of water in oven below baking dish) in oven for 25-30 minutes, not more than 30 minutes. Take it out and cool for 1 hour before serving.

Reminder for next try: Reduce butter to 100g. And increase orange juice to juice of 1 orange or add 1 extra grated carrot.

Bon Appetit!