Carrot cake

Name: Carrot cake
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups grated carrots; 1 &1/2 cup maida; 1/4 th cup ground almonds; 60 gms salted butter; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 4 tbsp granular sugar; 1/2 cup lukewarm milk; 1/2 tsp vinegar; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 1/8 tsp nutmeg powder; 1/8 tsp salt; 1/4 cup milk; To garnish:; As required Cream cheese frosting; As required Almonds

Amisha Chheda @amychheda

Chembur Mumbai

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So when mum gives you carrots for a salad, you make a cake instead 🙈. Jokes apart this is the best carrot cake you would have ever had, it's super moist with perfect crumbs. I finished it off by topping it with some cream cheese frosting.

Amisha Chheda @amychheda

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Ingredients

6 servings

2 cupsgrated carrots
1 &1/2 cup maida
1/4 th cup ground almonds
60 gmssalted butter
1/2 cupbrown sugar
4 tbspgranular sugar
1/2 cuplukewarm milk
1/2 tspvinegar
1 tspbaking powder
1 tspbaking soda
1 tspcinnamon powder
1/8 tspnutmeg powder
1/8 tspsalt
1/4 cup milk
Togarnish:
As required Cream cheese frosting
As required Almonds

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Steps

1

Line the baking tins with butter paper/parchment paper, preheat the oven to 180°c. In a bowl take 1/2 cup milk add vinegar to it & keep it aside for 10 minutes.
2

In mixing bowl take butter, brown sugar & regular sugar & beat it well for 30 seconds.
3

Grate English carrots & keep them aside, sieve maida with baking powder, baking soda & cinnamon.
4

Now add the milk, vinegar mix to butter mixture & give everything a good whisk, then add vanilla extract and mix well.
5

Now add ground almonds, sieved maida to the wet ingredients & mix well.
6

Finally add grated carrots & mix well, incase the batter is hard, add 1/4th cup milk & make a smooth batter.
7

Finally add salt mix well & pour the batter into the lined baking tins & bake the cake in a preheated oven over 180°c for 45-50 minutes
8

Check the cake with a toothpick after 45 minutes to see if it's done, if the toothpick comes out clean the cake is baked. Remove it from the oven & cool it on a wire rack for 2-3 hours.
9

Spread some cream cheese frosting on the cake & garnish with chopped almonds & carrot Julienne. Serve with tea/coffee.

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Amisha Chheda @amychheda

on October 03, 2020 18:39

Chembur Mumbai

Cooking is not only a hobby, it's my passion, I started with baking & gradually expanded to cooking various cuisines. I love traveling & trying out different cuisines of the world.