Carrot walnut cake
Nuts and carrots are favorite ingredients for a tasty and healthy cake. Made with olive oil, this carrot walnut cake is an absolute winner.
Equipment
- 1 cake tin 26 cm diameter
Ingredients
- 300 grams whole wheat flour
- 200 grams carrots grated
- 150 ml olive oil extra vergine
- 50 ml honey liquid
- 60 grams walnuts chopped
- 60 grams coconut grater
- 100 grams sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 package vanilla sugar
- 15 grams baking powder 1 package
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 5 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Some small preparation
- Peel the carrots and cut off the ends. Then grate them manually or in the food processor.
- Next also finely chop the walnuts with the food processor.
Making the dough
- Mix the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. These are the flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla sugar and cinnamon. Whisk well.
- Then add the chopped walnuts and the coconut grater. Mix them well with the whisk.
- Now add the eggs, the cold-pressed olive oil and the honey. Mix everything together well.
- Finally, the grated carrots and tablespoons of milk follow. Mix very well until you have a consistent dough.
Baking the carrot walnut cake
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Grease the cake tin with butter. Then sprinkle it with some coconut grater.
- Now move the dough into the cake mold and spread it out nicely.
- Place the dough in the oven for 35 minutes. At the end, check with a knitting needle or skewer whether the cake is done.
- Now remove the carrot walnut cake from the oven. Let the cake rest and cool for another ten minutes before carefully removing it from the mold.
Nutrition
Serving: 1pieceCalories: 473kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 9gFat: 27gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 246mgPotassium: 322mgFiber: 6gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 4289IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 171mgIron: 3mg
