Cakes are an irresistible beauty. Their appeal and taste is something that not even a health-conscious person can resist. A single glance of the cake is all that needed to make the person drool, drool, and drool incessantly. For the sheer love of cakes that every mankind on this earth has, bakers, have come up with healthy versions of cakes. Healthy cakes are loaded with ingredients such as fruits, nuts, and even vegetables, like carrots ensuring great taste but no change in the weight.
Carrot cakes are quite popular among the cake lovers, especially health freaks, because it’s a moist decadence with natural sweetness. For all the fitness enthusiasts, passionate bakers, and everyone out there who loves to relish cakes, we bring you a carrot cake recipe with a twist. Believe us when we say, the twist is worth the try.
So, on days when you are not in the mood to place an online cake order of chocolate cake, strawberry cake, fondant cake; you can bake this one. It’s a detailed recipe, read it carefully. Do not miss any step because you surely want to treat your taste-buds with something out of the world.
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Level: Easy
Serve: 16 squares.
Ingredients:
For the cake:
- 1 medium Orange
- 140g raisins
- 125 ml vegetable oil
- 115g wholemeal flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder, plus a pinch
- 1 tbsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 140g white sugar/brown sugar
- 280 g grated carrots
- 2 eggs
- 115g self-raising flour
For the Frosting
- 100g light, soft cheese
- 3 tbsp sifted icing sugar
- 1/2 tsp finely grated orange zest
- 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
Method
Step 1: Preheat the oven and grease the square cake pan with butter and flour. If not a square cake pan, you can take a cake pan of any shape.
For Cake batter: Finely grate the zest from the orange and squeeze 3 tbsp of juice. Pour the juice over the raisin in a bowl, stir in zest, then leave to soak while you make the cake.
Step 2: Mix the flour with 1 tbsp of baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.
Step 3: Separate one of the eggs. Put the white in a small bowl and yolk in the large one. Break the remaining whole egg in the yolk, then tip in the sugar. Whisk for 1-2 minutes, until thick and foamy. Slowly, pour in the oil and mix at low speed until combined well.
Step 4: Tip in the flour mixture, half at a time, and gently stir into the egg mixture. The mixture will be quite stiff. Put in a pinch of baking powder in with egg white and whisk to soft peaks
Step 5: Fold in the grated carrots, raisins (any liquid) into the mixture. Gently fold in the whisked egg white, then pour the batter into the cake tin. Bake for 1 hour until risen and firm or until the skewer comes out clean. Let it cool.
Step 6: For the Frosting, stir soft cheese, icing sugar, and orange zest together–don’t overbeat. Stir in the lemon juice.
Step 7: Spread the frosting over the cake and cut it into square pieces. You can store it for upto 5 days in an air-tight container uniced or icing one in the refrigerator.
Your ultimate carrot cake with a delicious twist is ready. Serve and gobbled it down. Stay tuned for more such healthy recipes by us.
