I’ve been making these scones for 15 years and they’re the most reliable recipe I’ve ever used.

Enter the great carrot cake taste- testing competition. I think they’re both fabulous, but with five voters in our household, there was a 3:2 preference for the first recipe, which I modified from a taste.com recipe years ago

This recipe was given to Maya Linnell by her neighbour Heather and has won both of them blue ribbons at the local baking show.