Carrot Cake
Carrot Cake

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Carrot Cake is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
  1. Make ready Honeycomb:
  2. Get 1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar,
  3. Take 2 TBSP Golden Syrup,
  4. Prepare 1 TBSP Maple Syrup,
  5. Get 2 TBSP Water,
  6. Prepare 2 TSP Baking Soda,
  7. Take Cake Batter:
  8. Prepare 150 g Walnut Coarsely Chopped,
  9. Get 500 ml Fresh Carrot Juice,
  10. Take 200 g Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
  11. Prepare 1 1/2 TBSP Baking Powder,
  12. Prepare 1/2 TBSP Baking Soda,
  13. Prepare 90 g Caster Sugar,
  14. Get 90 g Dark Muscovado Sugar,
  15. Prepare 1/4 TSP Sea Salt,
  16. Prepare 1/4 TSP Ground Cinnamon,
  17. Make ready 1/4 TSP Nutmeg Freshly Grated,
  18. Prepare 375 g Carrots Freshly Shredded Preferably Organic,
  19. Make ready 1/2 TBSP Pure Vanilla Paste,
  20. Prepare Fresh Orange Zest, 1/2 Orange
  21. Prepare Canola / Peanut Oil, 120ml + More For Greasing
  22. Take For Serving:
  23. Get 250 ml Fresh Carrot Juice,
  24. Get 250 ml Fresh Orange Juice,

Squeeze any lumps of sugar through your fingers, shaking the bowl a few times to bring the lumps to the surface. We like to think the humble carrot cake is something of a teatime classic. Try one of our go-to carrot cake recipes to keep you inspired, including a carrot and parsnip cake with rose frosting, a carrot and cheesecake layer cake and a carrot bundt cake. Yep, consider yourself spoilt for choice!

Steps to make Carrot Cake:
  1. Prepare the honeycomb. - - Lined baking tray with aluminium foil. - - Lightly grease the foil with oil. - - In a sauce pot, add sugar, golden syrup, maple syrup and water.
  2. Turn the heat up to medium high. - - Place in a candy thermometer. - - Do not stir the mixture.
  3. Once the temperature reaches 148 degrees celsius or 300 fahrenheit, immediately remove from heat. - - It is best to remove from heat just before it reaches that temperature as it will still continue cooking. - - Immediately sieve in the baking soda.
  4. Stir lightly to combine well. - - You will see that the mixture will start to foam up rapidly. - - As soon as that happens, stop stirring and immediately transfer onto the baking tray. - - Do not try to smoothen the surface as it will collapse.
  5. Set aside to cool down completely, preferably overnight. - - You can crack into smaller piece and store them in an airtight container. - - Prepare the cake batter.
  6. In a skillet over medium heat, add walnuts. - - Saute and toast the walnuts for about 1 to 2 mins. - - Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely. - - Do not over toast the walnuts or it will turn bitter.
  7. In a sauce pot over medium-low heat, add carrot juice. - - Bring it up to a slow simmer. - - Continue to simmer until it reduce to about 1/4 cup or 63ml. - - Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely.
  8. Lightly grease the cake pan with oil. - - Lay parchment paper onto the bottom of the cake pan as well as the sides. - - Preheat oven to 190 degree celsius or 375 fahrenheit.
  9. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt. - - Mix to combine well. - - Add in cinnamon, nutmeg, shredded carrots, vanilla and orange zest. - - Mix to combine well. Mix, mix, mix.
  10. Lastly, add in carrot juice, oil and walnuts. - - Stir to combine well. - - Transfer the batter into the cake pan. - - Using an offset spatula to create an even surface.
  11. Wack into the oven and bake for about 40 to 45 mins. - - When you insert a skewer into the cake, the skewer should come out clean. - - Remove from oven and let cool completely. - - Unmold and cover with cling film and chill in the fridge at least for 48 hrs.
  12. To serve. - - In a sauce pot over medium-low heat, add carrot and orange juice. - - Bring it up to a slow simmer. - - Continue to simmer until it reduce to about 1/2.
  13. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely. - - Spoon the reduced juice mixture onto serving plate. - - Place a slice of the carrot cake in the middle. - - Decorate with crack honeycomb pieces. - - Serve immediately.

Try one of our go-to carrot cake recipes to keep you inspired, including a carrot and parsnip cake with rose frosting, a carrot and cheesecake layer cake and a carrot bundt cake. Yep, consider yourself spoilt for choice! 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.

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