Carrot Cake

               

Red carrots are seasonal and more nutritious than the regular orange carrot that we get year round.. It has got its own kind of sweetness, moistness and flavour which makes it a better choice than regular carrots.. Whenever the season of red carrots commence, in my home everybody starts raving for the dishes made out of red carrot, be it fresh carrot juice, gajar ki sabji, our traditional gajar ka halwa or carrot cake..

                Generally everybody makes carrot cake with regular orange carrot and i seldom see people making it with red carrots.. If it has to be a carrot cake in my home, it has to be made with red carrots.. And so its a treat for us making this cake in winters when the red carrots are available in market..

                Now when we are so particular about the red carrots, then dont you think I should try making it a bit healthier than regular cake.. And so below is my attempt to making this carrot cake healthy without compromising on taste factor.. My family or friends who tasted this cake, didnt know it was made of wheat flour till the time it was told by me.. It had the same softness and moistness as other regular cakes.. Infact it was better than other cakes, as red carrots had their own moistness and sweetness.. This cake is just not heavy on the palette and you can have it guilt free (though having some guilt is always good for your health.. ;) ) Hope you all enjoy this cake..

Ingredients:

1 cup + 3tbsp whole wheat flour

1/2 cup all purpose flour

1tsp baking powder

1 cup brown sugar

1.5 cups grated carrots

1/2 tsp salt

1tsp cinnamon powder

1/2 tsp clove powder

5tbsp olive oil

1tbsp white vinegar

1 cup cold water

Method: Preheat oven at 180c.. Seive whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder and clove powder together in a bowl.. In another bowl, mix water, vinegar and olive oil.. Add in grated carrots and brown sugar.. Mix well and add the seive flour in this.. Whisk it well till no lumps remain.. Pour it in a greased baking tray and bake at 180c for around 35mins till the skewer comes out clean..

Note: You can play around with the spices of your choice in the cake.. Instead of clove use nutmeg powder.. Or just add cinnamon powder and not any other spice.. It depends on your taste bud completely.. Just be sure you donot add lot of spices to the cake, otherwise it would dominate the cake and not let the flavour of carrot come out..

You can even add walnuts in the cake batter for a nutty taste in between..

                       

 Mix whole wheat flour, all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon powder and clove powder

                                  Mix water, vinegar and oil

                                               Add in grated carrots and brown sugar.. Mix well..

                                   Add in the flour mixture..

                                       Pour in a greased tray and bake in preheated oven at 180c

                                         Straight out of the oven..