Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Carrot cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Carrot cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook carrot cake using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:
- Make ready 175 g plain flour
- Get 2 tsp baking powder
- Take 1 tsp cinnamon
- Get 1/2 tsp ground cloves
- Take 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
- Make ready 200 g soft brown or muscovado sugar
- Take 150 ml vegetable oil
- Take 3 eggs
- Take 200 g grated carrots
- Get 70 g raisins or sultanas
- Get For the filling:
- Prepare 4 generous tablespoons of apricot jam, warmed up if very thick
- Take For the ganache:
- Prepare 60 g white cooking chocolate (or any plain white)
- Make ready 30 g (2 tbsp) double cream
Different from traditional carrot cakes, this cake is extremely moist and flavorful and is topped with a buttermilk glaze while still warm. Try it and I think you will agree that it is the best!! In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon. In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs.
Instructions to make Carrot cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas 4. Butter and line with parchment a 20cm round tin. Grate the carrots – to get 200g you need to grate about 3 medium sized ones. Mix the flour with baking powder and the spices and put aside. Mix the sugar with the oil in a bowl of a standing mixer (or use a hand mixer), then beat in the eggs. Add the grated carrots, the raisins, sieve in the flour and spice mix and fold it all in with a spatula. Pour into the tin and bake for about 50 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool the cake in the tin.
- When completely cold, slice it across in two layers with a large bread knife. Spread apricot jam over the bottom half in a generous layer. Cover with the top half.
- Prepare the ganache: break up the chocolate into pieces as small as possible. Put the cream in a bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Immediately add the chocolate and leave to stand (in the microwave) for a minute or two. Whisk together into smooth ganache.
- Using a spoon, drizzle over the top of the cake, letting the ganache dribble over the sides as well. Serve with cream! clotted cream! custard! whipped cream! warm vanilla sauce! caramel sauce! And it’s lovely on its own, too.
In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour. For a gluten-free carrot cake, swap the flour for your favorite gluten-free flour blend. Baking soda helps the cake to rise. Salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract make the cake taste amazing.
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