Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Stirred cakes have always excited me,
They’re full of juiciness,
They’re soft as a cloud,
They’re pampering and comforting,
And They’re the most wonderful thing there is.

My carrot cake is one of my favorites.
It’s full of flavors.
It’s beautiful,
it’s juicy and soft,
It’s moist and gentle,
And an unforgettable bite is hidden in it.

Its recipe is super fast and full of precision.
You just have to grate the carrots and mix them in the mesmerizing cake batter.
While baking, its sweet smell will spread throughout the house,
And make everyone come and check what’s going on in the kitchen.
Decoration of the cake can be done with the children,
Prepare the carrot slices and spread them over the cake with great pleasure.

This is a recipe of home and good days,
It’s exciting and immersive,
It’s stunning and fun.
You can include the children in the preparation stages,
And the shared excitement while waiting for the cake to be baked is worth its weight in gold.

Happy cake days, filled with family and joyful to us all 🙂

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake

Ingredients: suitable for a classic loaf pan / a round pan 10.2” (26cm) diameter

• 4 eggs
• ½ cup non-dairy milk / orange juice
• ¼ cup olive oil
• Pinch of salt
• ½ cup sugar (For alternatives, have a look at “A little extra from me”)
• 1 cup oat flour (For alternatives, have a look at “A little extra from me”)
• 1 cup almond flour (For alternatives, have a look at “A little extra from me”)
• 2 teaspoon baking powder (10g)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (Not a must but it adds a lot)
• 1 cup carrots finely grated in a grater (2-3 carrots)

For the glaze: (Not a must, but the cake is stunning with it)

• 2 tablespoons almond butter
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• Pinch of cinnamon

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) on turbo mode (Recommended but static upper-bottom mode is also possible) and line a baking pan with parchment paper.
2. In a bowl, put all the liquid ingredients, the eggs, olive oil, non-dairy milk, sugar and salt and mix well.
3. To the bowl, add the dry ingredients, the oat flour, almond flour, baking powder and the cinnamon (If you chose to add it) and mix again into a smooth and slightly liquid batter.
4. Add the grated carrots to the cake batter and mix well.
5. Transfer the batter to the baking pan and put in the oven to bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out dry from the cake.
6. Let’s make the glaze: in a bowl, put all the ingredients, the almond spread, the maple syrup and the cinnamon and mix well for a smooth and shiny glaze.

Take the cake out of the oven, let it cool a little and glaze the top of the cake.
If you feel like it, you can decorate the cake: peel a carrot and with a peeler cut thin slices of carrot and arrange them on top of the cake.

Decorate and serve with great joy 🙂

A little extra from me:

• The cake can be kept in the fridge in a sealed box for 4-5 days.
• You can add add-ins to the cake such as finely cut raisins / walnuts / chopped almonds / any topping you like. It’s important to finely chop the topping you have chosen, because large pieces will sink into the cake batter.
• You can add additional spices such as ginger powder / nutmeg.
• Oat flour can be substituted for rice flour / spelt flour (Contains gluten).
• Click here to see how to grind oat flour at home.
• Almond flour can be substituted for oat flour / rice flour.
• You can make the cake only using spelt flour and use a 1½ cups of spelt flour (Contains gluten).
• Sugar can be substituted for ½ cup maple syrup / agave syrup and add ¼ cup oat flour.

How to grind oatmeal at home 🙂

The liquid ingredients bowl. image: Essy Roz

The bowl of the liquid ingredients after mixing. image: Essy Roz

Add the dry ingredients. image: Essy Roz

The cake batter is almost ready. image: Essy Roz

Add the grated carrot to the batter. image: Essy Roz

The cake batter is ready. image: Essy Roz

The cake before baking. image: Essy Roz

The cake after baking. image: Essy Roz

Let’s prepare the glaze. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz

Carrot Cake. image: Essy Roz