Sunday, December 20, 2009

Carrot Cake

I associate carrot cake with Christmas as this was a regular at my home this time of the year. I thought that this was pretty much a home fare till it started appearing in the menu of coffee day ( and they charge 40 bucks a piece). Wikipedia says carrot cake originated in the medieval period as carrots where used as natural vegetable sweetners and became popular in Europe during the second world war. I have no idea how it became popular in a syrian christian household in kerala.

Below is my recipe :-

All purpose flour - 1  cup
eggs - 1
Butter - 2 sticks melted
Vanilla essence - 1/2 tsp
Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup ( add more depending on taste)
Grated carrot - 1 cup
baking Powder - 1/2 tbsp
Powdered elaichi - 1 tsp ( cardomom)

Grind the carrot, sugar and elaichi in the mixie. Cream the eggs, butter & essence. Add the carrot mixture.
Stir in the dough and mix it to make it  have a dropping consistency. You can add some water, if it is very thick.
Brush the baking tray. Pour the mixture and microwave for 20 mins at 180 deg C ( Convection model).

This can be frosted using vanilla flavor, or cream as desired.


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