Virtuous carrot cake

Name: Virtuous carrot cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 10 Servings
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 6.5 oz carrots; 1 very ripe banana; 5 tbsp maple syrup (divided); 4.5 oz ground almonds; 1.75 oz whole - grain spelt flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 0.5 tsp cinnamon; 0.25 tsp salt; 3.5 oz unsweetened apricot jam or apricot - apple purée; 1.5 oz additive - free cocoa butter; 2 tsp cold - pressed cocoa powder; coconut oil for greasing; whole - grain spelt flour for dusting

Based on 33 ratings

Veronika Pachala

Contributor

carrotsforclaire.com

Difficulty

Easy 👌

min.

Preparation

min.

Baking

min.

Resting

Ingredients

Servings:-10+

3	eggs
180 g	carrots
1	very ripe banana
5 tbsp	maple syrup (divided)
130 g	ground almonds
50 g	whole - grain spelt flour
1 tsp	baking powder
½ tsp	cinnamon
¼ tsp	salt
100 g	unsweetened apricot jam or apricot - apple purée
40 g	additive - free cocoa butter
2 tsp	cold - pressed cocoa powder
	coconut oil for greasing
	whole - grain spelt flour for dusting

Metric

Imperial

Utensils

oven
grater
stand mixer or hand mixer with beaters
2 mixing bowls
rubber spatula
20 - cm / 8 - in. springform pan
serrated bread knife
cooling rack (optional)
offset spatula (optional)
whisk
small saucepan

How-To Videos

Nutrition per serving

Cal
225

Protein
7 g

Fat
13 g

Carb
19 g

Step 1/4
- 3 eggs
- 180 g carrots
- 1 very ripe banana
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- oven
- grater
- stand mixer or hand mixer with beaters
- 2 mixing bowls
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Separate eggs into two bowls. Finely grate carrots, mash banana with a fork, and add both to the egg yolks. Add some maple syrup and mix using a stand mixer or hand mixer with beaters.
Step 2/4
- 130 g ground almonds
- 50 g whole - grain spelt flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp salt
- rubber spatula
Add ground almonds, whole-grain spelt flour, baking powder, and cinnamon to the mixture and mix well. Beat the egg whites with some salt and gently fold into batter.
Step 3/4
- 100 g unsweetened apricot jam or apricot - apple purée
- coconut oil for greasing
- whole - grain spelt flour for dusting
- 20 - cm / 8 - in. springform pan
- oven
- serrated bread knife
- rubber spatula
- cooling rack (optional)
- offset spatula (optional)
Grease and flour a cake pan and transfer batter to pan. Transfer to oven and bake for approx. 35 min. at 180 °C/350 °F, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool completely. Remove springform and slice cake horizontally. Coat bottom half with apricot jam and set upper half on top.
Step 4/4
- 40 g additive - free cocoa butter
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tsp cold - pressed cocoa powder
- whisk
- small saucepan
For the glaze, carefully melt cocoa butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat. Whisk in maple syrup and cocoa powder. Coat cake with the glaze. Enjoy!