Thursday, May 26, 2011

Carrot Cake

Believe it or not, this is my first time baking a carrot cake! I'm always intimidated by the exotic ingredients a corrot cake requires.. walnuts, pecans, nutmeg, all-spice etc... argh..  I resolved by buying a slice from SR. It satisfies my craving, at least, until one day.. the one slice that I bought was sticky, berlendir and basi!! That was my last buy from SR. Recently I learnt that their products are not certified halal too.. so, that means, bye bye forever SR!

I'm glad Shaleen tried this recipe and posted on her blog. Shaleen once came to my cupcake class and one peek at her blog, I know this sweet lady is so into baking like me! Thanks girl for sharing! One look at the recipe by SmittenKitchen and straight away I know, if I ever want to attempt a carrot cake, this is the one! Boy I'm glad I did. This is in fact a keeper! It's moist, light and fail-proof! I added pineapples to the recipe, halved all the ingredients and use less sugar (it's sweeter because of the pineapples).


Here's the recipe I altered according to my tastebuds :)


 Moist Carrot Cake
(adapted from SmittenKitchen)

1 cup plain flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp powdered cinnamon

a pinch of powdered nutmeg

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cups corn oil (or u can use any cooking oil u hv at home)

2 eggs

1 1/2 cups grated carrots (about 1 medium sized carrot)

1/4 cup raisins

1/4 cup canned pineapple, chopped and drained

Methods

Whisk flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in your favourite bowl. Mix well. 
Using a hand mixer, blend sugar and oil in another bowl until well blended.
Whisk in eggs 1 at a time.
Add flour mixture all at once, stir (or fold) until blended.
Stir in carrots, raisins and pineapple chunks.

That's it! :) 

I used an 8-inch tin. For my oven, I baked at 160C for 55 minutes. After about 30 minutes in the oven, I covered the top of the baking tin loosely with aluminum foil to prevent the cake from being too 'tan'.. hehe

Top with cream cheese topping. YUM!

I love this cake! I ate it with a dollop of vanilla ice cream... Syyy...

5 comments:

Kookies said...

Akak! Dapat email terus cepat2 bukak blog akak. Hehehe. Dulu pernah try letak pineapple (different recipe) but the family didn't like it so dah tak berani buat :p

I always been dreaming opening up a small cafe with all my favourite, homemade cakes baked by me. Ahhhhhhhh..... Haha

Unknown said...

betul la edi, nampak senang sgt! wajib cuba ni

Anonymous said...

shaleen, i beli yg canned punya tu.. ok sebab dia lembut je and for me, i think it compliments the cinnamon flavor in this cake. x buh pun takpe, sedap gak.. hehe..

azq, buat! jgn tak buat!
tp kan, aku silap aku buh 9inch, actually aku pakai 8inch loyang. aku dah buat correction tu.

-edi

Anonymous said...

finally edi buat ek...ada org tu janji sampai hari ni tak buat kan...:)

the recipe kak mezan guna is similar..but always omit the pineapple..raisins tapi letak chopped walnut..

Anonymous said...

kak mezan,
hehe.. no worries :)
saya dah 5-6 kali buat kek nie.. sedap!!! beli pineapple yg dlm tin tu, pakai sikit je so simpan utk buat next batch. i pun buh walnut jugak yg the lastest batch, pun sedap! i takpayah cari mana2 dah.. dah tau buat :)