What are the green bits?

[meganjane]

I made these lovely GF Carrot cup cakes using Quirky Jo's recipe. The ingredients are

Carrots - I left them unpeeled
a handful of canned pineapple chunks
GF flour (my own recipe) + baking soda
oil
eggs
cinnamon
salt
honey
walnuts

And I added 2 tsp ACV to activate the baking soda.

But, there's these little chunks of green in the cakes!! They taste delicious and the texture is fab. I'm wondering if the ACV reacted with something?

[achookwoman]

I think it might be the unpeeled carrots.

[fundj&e]

i think so 2 MJ

[meganjane]

So something made the peel go green? How odd? I know that carrot peel will go brown when exposed to the air, but I didn't think they'd go green.
Next time, I'll either peel them or tell everyone it's zucchini!!

[Wonder]

What is ACV?

[astarra]

Did you cut the tops off the carrots...? 

[meganjane]

Apple Cider Vinegar.

Yes, carrots were topped and bottomed...

[Wonder]

thanks MJ. That's strange that it would have that much of an effect. I noticed my carrots were a little green around the stalk but it wouldn't have been enough to give little flecks of green like you've ended up with.

[cookie1]

Being an acid the vinegar wouldn't have reacted with anything in your flour would it?

[meganjane]

I used the ACV to work with the bi-carb. The recipe didn't have any other rising agents except baking soda, so I thought it needed the acid. I'm wondering if Jo meant to put baking powder instead of soda.

Not to worry, the recipe is awesome. It makes 12 cupcakes and one ring tin cake. The flavour & texture is wonderful and no one would have any idea that it's gluten free!

[droverjess]

Presume you could use wheat flour?

[fundj&e]

I used the ACV to work with the bi-carb. The recipe didn't have any other rising agents except baking soda, so I thought it needed the acid. I'm wondering if Jo meant to put baking powder instead of soda.

i made this carrot cake http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=11464.0 yesterday and thought the same thing about the soda i was wondering if chirs  meant to say powder instead of the soda, the cake did not rise

[meganjane]

Presume you could use wheat flour?

I think you'd need to change the liquid quantities, DJ as GF batters are a lot runnier. Check out the recipe that fundj has posted above.

http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=11464.0[/url] yesterday and thought the same thing about the soda i was wondering if chirs  meant to say powder instead of the soda, the cake did not rise

I reckon it needs an acid. I'd add some ACV or Lemon Juice. Hard to say whether it's a error as she's actually called it bi-carb soda, whereas Jo called it baking soda in her recipe.