Brazilian Carrot Cake Cuddly
Ingredients
For the cake dough:
- 4 units small or medium sized carrots
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1 cup of oil
- 4 units of eggs
- 3 cups of wheat flour
- 1 cup of oil
- 1 tbsp of baking powder
For the cake syrup:
- 1 and a half cups of chocolate powder
- 1 cup of sugar
- 5 tbsp of milk
- 2 tbsp of margarine or butter
- 1 unit granulated (optional)
Instructions
Preparing the carrot cake dough:
- First, in a blender, add the peeled and sliced carrots, eggs and oil. Then beat the ingredients until smooth.
- Soon after, put the mixture in a bowl and add the sugar, mix well and then add the wheat flour and baking powder little by little, as you mix little by little too.
- Once this is done, place the mixture in an already greased cake form and take it to the oven already preheated to 180º for approximately 45 minutes.
- Finally, do the toothpick test and if the cake dough is perfectly baked, turn off the oven and remove the form.
Preparing the syrup:
- First, in a small pan, place it on medium heat and add in this order: the margarine, sugar and chocolate. After that, mix well until the mixture melts a little.
- After the mixture has melted a little, add the milk and mix again quickly, without letting it burn and that's it, your syrup is ready!
- Finally, with the syrup still hot, place it on top of the cake and spread it well with a spoon and use some sprinkles to decorate, if you prefer.
Not to miss the fluffy carrot cake
If you love a fluffy carrot cake and don’t want to go wrong with this recipe, here are some tips to make it just perfect.
1- Always pay attention to the amount of carrot you will add to your cake:
First of all, if you love carrot cake, naturally, you may want to add a lot of carrots to your cake and this is super normal, we understand this desire very well. However, by adding more carrots than it should, your dough can end up being heavy, as the carrot gives the dough a lot of firmness.
Therefore, try to use amounts that do not exceed 250 grams for each cup of wheat flour and your dough will remain perfect.
2- Try to crush the carrots in your cake well:
Carrots again right? It’s amazing how the main ingredient can be a problem if you don’t pay attention when preparing this recipe.
We believe that few people looking or wanting to make a fluffy carrot cake will like to notice large chunks of carrots in the dough, whether intentionally made by a third party or even through some mistake or lack of attention.
Therefore, grind the carrots well, so that the pieces are imperceptible in the dough before preparing them.
3- Be sure to always preheat the oven:
It is very common to see recommendations to preheat the oven on websites or recipe videos, right? If you want your carrot cake to be really fluffy and perfect, you need to take this tip seriously, or better yet, take this tip seriously for every recipe you make.
The yeast present in the dough of this cake needs at least 20 minutes with a good exposure to heat for it to rise, as this type of cake already contains a lot of carrots, which is a heavy ingredient, it is necessary that this expansion occurs in the best way to your cake is so cute.
Also, don’t forget to open the oven too early, this can cause heat to escape from the inside of the stove, which can ruin your fluffy carrot cake, leaving it completely underfoot.
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