I baked this cake in the weekend and thought it was time to surprise my colleagues with something delicious. Sometimes I do that because I like it. But they also like to see what I am doing and want to try it as well. I told some colleagues what it was and they loved it. The ones that I thought didn’t like vegetables that much I didn’t tell what it was. Only after they told me how delicious it was.
The funny thing is that everybody says ‘oh you don’t really taste the carrot, I like that’. People like the fact that it is in there, but they don’t necessarily want to taste it as well. And actually I kind of have the same thing so this is recognizable to me. I did like the fact they liked it of course.
Baking time: 60 minutes + 60 minutes resting
Amount: 1 cake
- Mixer
- Grater
- Brownie mold or oven dish
- Optional butter tassel
This recipe is not 100% organic, because the pecans are not organically available. All other ingredients in this recipe are organic.
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Ingredients
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How to make it? |
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Peel the carrots. You don’t want the dirt from the peel in your carrot cake. When the carrots are peeled you can grate them on top of the bowl with the coconut oil, honey and eggs. Honestly it was quite a job to grate all the carrots. It can also be because my grater was to small to do so, but it took me quite some time. |
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When all carrots are grated you can also grate the peel of the orange on top of the bowl. The peel is quite bitter so don’t use too much and taste. You can always add more, but less is not possible and it will be too bad if the entire carrot cake doesn’t taste good anymore. I had that once with a banana bread that tasted really bitter because I didn’t taste it. That was a good lesson for me to always taste. |
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When the orange grate is also in the bowl you can add the nuts. I left them as a whole, because it will give a nice bite to the carrot cake. If you prefer smaller pieces you can of course chop the nuts or even crunch them in the food processor. |
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Mix the ingredients properly. When all ingredients are mixed you can add the nutmeg and cinnamon to it. Cut the ginger into really small pieces and add together with the spelt flour and baking soda. If you don’t have fresh ginger you can also use ginger powder. |
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Mix all ingredients properly into a nice dough. Put a piece of baking paper in the mold and divide the dough over it. Bake the carrot cake for approximately 60 minutes in a preheated oven. Pay attention that the baking time may differ per oven. When the carrot cake comes out of the oven it needs to cool down for 60 minutes before you can cover it with the chocolate. |
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When the chocolate has melted you can cover the carrot cake with it. I used a butter tassel to do so and that worked perfectly. Put the carrot cake in the fridge for the chocolate to harden. |
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