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CARROT CAKE

This is carrot cake done right: laced with cinnamon, deliciously moist, and crowned with a cream cheese frosting that complements instead of overwhelms. If you need a winner for morning tea or dessert, make this your pick.
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Course Sweets
Cuisine General
Servings 6
Energy 2820kJ

Ingredients

Ingredients

    Cake Base

    • 300 g carrots, peeled and grated
    • 3 eggs
    • 120 g brown sugar
    • 120 g golden syrup
    • 180g olive oil
    • 1 tsp vanilla essence
    • 1 tsp bicarb soda
    • 1 tsp cinnamon
    • 225 g self-raising flour
    • 2 scoops AdVital Powder, 50 g
    • 75 g roasted walnuts , chopped

    Cream Cheese Icing

    • 400 g cream cheese
    • 150 g pure icing sugar
    • 1 tsp vanilla essence
    • 1 lemon , juiced
    • 50 g double cream
    • 2 scoops AdVital Powder, 50 g

    Instructions
     

    Directions

      Cake Base

      • Preheat the oven to 170°c (fan-forced).
      • Line a square cake tin (22cm x 22cm) with baking paper.
      • Vigorously whisk the eggs, brown sugar, and golden syrup together for 5 minutes.
      • Add the olive oil, vanilla, bicarb soda, cinnamon, walnuts, carrots, AdVital Powder and flour. Mix them together gently until they form a smooth mixture.
      • Place the mixture into the previously prepared cake tin and bake it for 30–40 minutes (until a skewer speared through the middle comes out clean).
      • Allow the cake to cool for 20 minutes in the tin, then remove it and allow it to cool completely on a wire rack.

      Cream Cheese Frosting

      • Use electric beaters to mix the cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice in a bowl until they form a smooth, well-combined mixture.
      • Whisk the AdVital Powder into the mixture.
      • Whisk the fortified cream into the cream cheese mixture together until they combine.
      • Spread the cream cheese frosting over the cake.
      • Portion the cake into pieces as required and serve it.

      Nutrition

      Nutrition Facts
      CARROT CAKE
      Serving Size
       
      183.3 g
      Amount per Serving
      Energy
       
      2820
      kJ
      35
      %
      Calories
      673
      % Daily Value*
      Protein
       
      19.7
      g
      39
      %
      Fat
       
      40.2
      g
      62
      %
      Saturated Fat
       
      6.6
      g
      41
      %
      Carbohydrates
       
      56.1
      g
      19
      %
      Fiber
       
      4.7
      g
      20
      %
      Sugar
       
      24.1
      g
      27
      %
      Sodium
       
      804
      mg
      35
      %
      Potassium
       
      480
      mg
      14
      %
      * Percent Daily Values are based on a 8000 kJ diet.
      Keyword Baking, Desserts, Fortified Recipe, Sweet, Vegetarian
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