Maple carrot loaf cake recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine

Maple carrot loaf cake recipe | Sainsbury`s Magazine

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Although maple syrup and dates still count as sources of sugar in nutritional terms, this moist maple carrot loaf cake recipe is lower in sugar than a traditional carrot cake

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Ingredients

  • zest and juice of 1 small orange (about 4 tbsp juice)
  • 50g sultanas
  • 75g walnut pieces
  • 100g plain flour
  • 100g wholemeal flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground mixed spice
  • a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
  • 125ml maple syrup
  • 125ml sunflower oil
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 large carrot, peeled and coarsely grated (about 150g grated weight)
  • 1 parsnip, peeled and coarsely grated (about 100g grated weight)
  • 50g pitted Medjool dates, finely chopped
  • 1 ball of stem ginger, chopped
  • 1 ball of stem ginger, finely chopped, plus 1 tbsp syrup
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 pitted Medjool date, thinly sliced lengthways

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