Carrot Halwa Cake Recipe
We’ve combined our two favourite desserts: carrot halwa and carrot cake, into a delicious afternoon bake! Perfect with a cup of chai and full of aromatic spices. Ingredients 200ml vegetable oil230g soft brown sugar220g plain flour1 tsp bicarbonate of soda2 tsp baking powder1 tsp almond extract100g raisins30g pistachios, roughly chopped250g grated carrots1 tsp cinnamon1 tsp…
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We’ve combined our two favourite desserts: carrot halwa and carrot cake, into a delicious afternoon bake! Perfect with a cup of chai and full of aromatic spices.
Ingredients
200ml vegetable oil
230g soft brown sugar
220g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp almond extract
100g raisins
30g pistachios, roughly chopped
250g grated carrots
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ground cardamom
4 eggs
15g flaked almonds
Icing sugar, to serve
Butter for greasing
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 180˚C.
- Line a round baking tray using softened butter and a sprinkling of the plain flour. Tap the flour around the tray to ensure its lightly covered all over.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together the brown sugar, vegetable oil, almond extract, and eggs.
- Sieve into the bowl the flour, bicarb, baking powder, ground cardamom, and cinnamon.
- Gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until throughly mixed – careful not to over mix.
- Add the carrot, raisins, and pistachios until evenly distributed.
- Pour the cake mixture into the tray and place in the oven to cook for 60 minutes or until the cake is cooked through and a skewer comes out clean.
- When the cake is cooled, remove from the tray and sprinkle with icing sugar and flaked almonds to serve.
