Carrot and Ginger Cake, or just plain Carrot Cake

[EmeraldSue]

I know that there are already a number of carrot cakes on this forum, but this is the recipe that I have always made, adapted for my Thermo Chef. The addition of ginger to this cake gives it added oomph, but it's a really adaptable recipe - it's equally as nice without the ginger, or without the walnuts, and copes well with the substitution of gluten free flour. It's very moist and my MIL's favourite. I have given the recipe for the cream cheese icing, but I quite like it with a simple lemon icing too. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
75g walnuts
75 g glacé ginger
250g carrots (approx 2 large ones)
125 g SR Flour
1 teaspoon bicarb soda (5g)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
175g brown sugar
75g sultanas
125ml vegetable oil (I use grape seed oil)
2 eggs

Method:
Preheat oven to 180C
1. Place walnuts in bowl, 4 seconds/ speed 4. Remove.
2. Place ginger in bowl, 6 seconds/ speed 8. Remove. (my ginger had been in the cupboard for a while and was really hard- you might like to check after 4 seconds!) Remove.
3. Place carrot in bowl, 10 seconds/ speed 5. Remove.
4. Place  flour, bi carb, cinnamon and cloves into bowl, 5 seconds/ speed 5.
5. Add sugar, carrots, ginger and walnuts to the dry ingredients in the bowl, 5 seconds/ speed 5.
6. Add oil, 2 eggs and sultanas. Knead (TMX interval setting) 20- 30 seconds, until combined.
7. Pour into 2 lined, regular loaf tins (9cm x 19 cm or thereabouts) and cook for approximately 45 minutes, or until cooked when tested. Or put into 1 large loaf tin ( 15cm x 25cm) and cook for approximately 1 hour.


Cream Cheese Icing:
75 g Cream Cheese
30g soft Butter
300g Icing Mixture or Icing Sugar
Zest of 1 Lemon,
juice of 1/2 lemon.

Place all ingredients in bowl, 15 seconds/ speed 7. Scrape down, and mix for another 10-15 seconds.

NB: If making this in a Thermomix, just reduce the mixing speeds by one level. This is a very forgiving cake.



members' comments

Merlot - made this (with just a few variations to suit my pantry) and it was delicious.

[Cornish Cream]

Carrot Cake is probably my favourite cake.Never thought of putting ginger in it,so it's lovely's lovely to have a new take on an old favourite

[Wonder]

Carrot cake is the only cake I eat and I love ginger so will definitely try this one.

[achookwoman]

Thanks ES, will certainly make this one.

[Cuilidh]

This looks lovely - I used to have a similar recipe that also included crushed pineapple - sadly, that recipe is well and truly lost but this sounds like a good substitute.

[merlot]

thanks for the recipe!
i made this today (with just a few variations to suit my pantry) and it was delicious.

[judydawn]

This looks lovely - I used to have a similar recipe that also included crushed pineapple - sadly, that recipe is well and truly lost but this sounds like a good substitute.

Why don't you google it Marina and see if you recognise one.  They certainly exist on the net, I just tried it myself - 'carrot, ginger cake with crushed pineapple'.

[nazar]

l cant remember but l think a hummingbird cake has pineapple , carrot  and somnething else ?

[BecciM]

Oooh  yum!! I love hummingbird cake. Yes it has pineapple and nuts too I think.

[CreamPuff63]

Think my MIL used to make a similar cake and it also had walnuts as well

[judydawn]

There's a recipe for Hummingbird cake on the forum but no-one has reviewed it.

[BecciM]

Really JD? I may just have to give it a go soon as my first cake in Thermie.