BRAZILIAN CARROT CAKE
Brazilian Carrot Cake is not only beautifully bright but so soft, moist, fluffy and divine. Drizzled with melted dark chocolate, it makes a perfect dessert or enjoy a slice with some coffee.
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
- 300 g carrots (approx.2 cups grated) peeled, chopped or grated
- 4 medium eggs
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 cups plain flour, all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
FOR THE CHOCOLATE TOPPING:
- 100-150 g dark chocolate broken into small pieces
- 1 tbsp butter
Instructions
PREPARATION OF BRAZILIAN CARROT CAKE
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Grease the bundt pan or any pan you are using with some butter or oil.
- Dust it with some flour. Tap out the excess flour.
- Sift flour and baking powder at least twice.
- Add oil, eggs, carrots, sugar and salt into a blender jug.
- Process the mixture till it becomes creamy. This will take about 1-2 minutes.
- Pour the liquid mixture into a large bowl.
- Add flour and mix gently till all the flour is incorporated into the liquid.
- Pour the batter into the prepared tin.
- Bake for 50 minutes or till the top is golden brown and a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Take the cake out of the oven and allow it to cool down in the pan for at least 15 minutes.
- Gently remove the cake from the pan. Use a spatula to run around the edges to loosen the cake from the pan.
- Cover with a plate upside down. Hold the plate and pan with both hands and flip it over.
- The cake should drop onto the plate easily.
PREPARATION OF THE CHOCOLATE TOPPING:
- Take a heatproof bowl and a pan. The bowl should sit snuggly on top of the pan.
- Place the chocolate in a heatproof small bowl.
- Heat some water in a pan. Take it off the heat.
- Place the bowl on the pan. It should sit well without touching the hot water.
- Mix the chocolate with a spoon till it melts completely.
- Add butter and mix till it melts and is mixed completely into the melted chocolate.
FINAL PREPARATION:
- Brush the melted chocolate over the cake. I brushed it as I didn't want the chocolate to collect on the plate. Brushing it, meant that I got it on the cake. If the cake is round or rectangle, you can just pour the chocolate over it and spread it.
- Serve with coffee or on its own.
Notes
- Make sure you sift the flour and baking powder twice.
- Blend the liquid mixture and the carrots properly. Blend till creamy. No large carrot pieces should remain. That is why its better to grate it.
- Don't open the oven door while the cake is baking otherwise it will sink.