You can freeze an un-iced carrot cake for up to 3 months, well-wrapped in clingfilm. Carrot cake is very forgiving. As an oil-based cake it's very easy to throw together without much advance warning.
Getting the recipe right though, is essential. Chewing into dry cake with bits of stringy carrot is a little less autumn vibes and a little more awful vibes. Sorry. HuffPost UK spoke with Kathleen ...
Grease and line the base of a 20cm/8in springform cake tin with baking parchment ... mixed spice and bicarbonate of soda in a large bowl and mix thoroughly. Make a well in the centre.
You can double-check if you want (or if your oven is historically funky), but this made mine totally perfect. The recipe will make 15 smaller muffins, or if you like them to be a little bigger ...