I simply love baking cakes. If not for the calories, I could have baked one every day! Nothing beats the gentle aroma wafting from the oven as the cake gets done. I remember how excited my sister and myself used to get on getting back home and smelling a hot freshly baked cake! I am sharing here a simple carrot cake recipe which also happens to be one of my favorite. Coming to think of it, there are not many cakes that I do not like but nevertheless!! 🙂
Carrot – 3 cups (grated)
Eggs – 4 nos
All purpose flour (maida) – 2 cups
Sugar Powder – 2 cups
Butter – 2 cups (melted)
Baking soda – 1 tsp
Cooking soda – 1tsp
Cinnamon powder – 1/2 tsp
Nutmeg powder – 1/2 tsp
Walnuts – 1 cup (chopped)
- Beat the eggs and keep separately
- Sieve thrice – flour, baking soda and cooking soda
- Add sugar powder to the melted butter and keep beating
- Add beaten eggs to above and mix
- Start adding the flour (sieved) slowly and 1/2 portion of grated carrots and keep mixing with a fork
- Repeat the above step till all the flour and carrots have been incorporated
- Pur the batter in a greased mould
- Bake in a pre heated over at 150 degree C for 45 minutes
- Pierce a tooth pick into the cake to check if its done. The toothpick should come out clean.
- Cool the cake at room temperature. Cut and serve.
Till next time…..happy cooking!….and hey don’t forget to tell me how it was 🙂
Akshayapatram 