A Special Recipe For Carrot Cake - Food Wine Travel

A Special Recipe For Carrot Cake - Food Wine Travel

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When was Carrot Cake first created? You might be surprised at the answer in Oats In The North, Wheat From The South. Try this recipe for Carrot Cake.

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Ingredients

  • 250 ml (9 fl oz) extra virgin olive oil
  • 225 g (8 oz) raw (demerara) sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 300 g (10½ oz) wholemeal wheat flour or spelt flour
  • grated zest of ½ orange
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 5 large cloves, ground
  • pinch of pepper and sea salt
  • 400 g (14 oz) carrots, grated
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 100 g (3½ oz) pecans or walnuts, broken
  • 200 g (7 oz) cashews, soaked overnight in cold water or in hot water for 1 to 2 hours
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup or golden syrup
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 100 g (3½ oz) Greek yoghurt, skyr or coconut yoghurt

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