Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I finally added a video to my old and trusty recipe for carrot cake, revamped with coconut oil this time. If you want to decorate it with candied carrots, simply slice them thinly and boil for a couple minutes in a syrup made from equal parts sugar and water. Carrot Cake is one of those classic recipes that works so well for any celebration. The bright orange color offset by creamy white frosting makes Carrot Cake the star of any dessert tray.
Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook carrot cake using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Get 175 g brown sugar (unrefined cane sugar)
- Get 175 ml sunflower oil
- Prepare 3 large eggs (lightly beaten)
- Get 140 g carrots (grated)
- Take 80 g dried fruit (raisins/prunes/cranberry)
- Prepare zest of 1 orange (graded)
- Make ready 175 g self-raising flour
- Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
- Get 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Fold dry ingredients into wet mixture and blend well. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, coconut and nuts.
Steps to make Carrot Cake:
- Oil a medium-sized cake tin, and line it with baking paper. Heat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- In a large bowl put sugar, sunflower oil and beaten eggs. Mix with a wooden spoon. Stir in grated carrots, dried fruit (I used chopped prunes as I don't like raisins) and grated orange zest.
- Add flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Mix everything together, the mixture will be soft and almost runny.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 40-45 minutes.
- Allow the cake to cool before serving. You can top it with icing or just sprinkle some icing sugar.
- Ready to serve and ENJOY!
Add the eggs, oil, carrots and vanilla; beat until combined. Stir in pineapple, coconut and nuts. Stir in carrots, coconut, vanilla, and pineapple. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; gently stir into carrot mixture. Remove from oven, and set aside to cool.
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