Eating Our Veggies - Carrot Cake

Eating our Veggies 

Yesterday's CSA brought carrots.  I immediately thought about a roast with carrots and potatoes.  Yeah, but I also had a sweet tooth.  So I changed my mind from roast with carrots to carrot cake.  A much better decision if I do say so myself.   What a wonderful way to get our veggies in.

This recipe was adapted from a carrot cake recipe on Allrecipes.  First, I had to scale it down because I knew I wouldn't have enough carrots.   I love that Allrecipes does this for you.  All you have to do is enter the number of servings you want.   I also had to make some changes based on what I had on hand.  Traditional carrot cake calls for cream cheese frosting but I had to nix that with no cream cheese on hand.  For this version I went with whipped cream frosting.

Carrot Cake

Note * Double recipe for a 9 x 13 size cake.

1 1/2 cups of shredded carrots

2 eggs

1 cup of sugar

1/2 cup oil ( I used olive)

1 cup of flour ( I used whole wheat)

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1/4 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Combine carrots, eggs and sugar.  

Mix well.  

Add in oil and mix. 

Add in flour.   Mix until combined. 

 Add in baking powder, salt and cinnamon.  Mix until combined.

 Pour cake batter into a greased/floured 8 x8 cake pan.  

My pan is a 7 X 11... close enough.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes.  

Wait till cake has cooled completly before frosting.

Whipped cream frosting

1 16 ounce carton of heavy whipping cream

1 - 2 tablespoons of sugar

Whip the cream on a medium high setting until it begins to thicken.  Add in 1 to 2 tablespoons of sugar depending on your liking and whip until stiff peaks form.  

Almost over mixed.  Another minute or two and it would have been butter.

Here is the recipe with out pictures.

Carrot Cake

1 1/2 cups of shredded carrots

2 eggs

1 cup of sugar

1/2 cup oil ( I used olive)

1 cup of flour ( I used whole wheat)

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1/4 teaspoon of salt

1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Combine carrots, eggs and sugar.  Mix well.  Add in oil and mix.  Add in flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.  Mix until combined.  Pour cake batter into a greased/floured 8 x8 cake pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 35 - 40 minutes.  Wait till cake has cooled completly before frosting.

Enjoy :)

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