Brazilian carrot cake

Name: Brazilian carrot cake
Prep time: 33 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 18 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazil
Ingredients: 1 cup + 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 9 oz all-purpose flour; 14 oz superfine sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 2 carrots; 2 eggs; 1 cup + 1 tbsp milk; 1 oz cocoa powder; 2 oz superfine sugar

A weekend Brazil dessert. Ready in about 2 hours 18 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.

33 minPrep (about)
1 hr 45 minCook (about)
2 hr 18 minTotal time
4Servings
More effortDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 4 people +

Recipe makes 4

Fresh & other

9 oz all-purpose flour Shopping tip: All-purpose flour (UK: plain flour).
14 oz superfine sugar Shopping tip: Superfine sugar (UK: caster). Regular sugar works.
1 tsp baking powder
2 carrots
2 eggs
1 cup + 1 tbsp milk
1 oz cocoa powder
2 oz superfine sugar Shopping tip: Superfine sugar (UK: caster). Regular sugar works.

Sauces & oils

1 cup + 1 tbsp vegetable oil

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Turn the oven on to 350°F (325°F for a fan oven).
Oil plus line your base of a 8 inches springform cake tin.
Mix the baking powder together, sugar and flour in a large bowl.
Set aside.
Tip the eggs, carrots and oil in a blender and blitz until smooth.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry.
Stir until smooth.
Pour the batter in your cake tin plus give it shake to get rid of air bubbles.
Cook in the oven for 45 mins to 1 hr, till a clean knife or skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
If your middle is sticky, put back in oven for a further 5 mins.
Take it out of the oven.
Leave to cool in the tin.
For the drizzle.
Heat the sugar, cocoa and milk in a pot over a low heat.
Mix till the sugar dissolves (around 5 mins), creating a thick, shiny drizzle.
Remove your cake from your tin plus level the top using a serrated knife.
Flip so the bottom becomes the top.
Pierce all over using knife or toothpick.
Put on a wire rack using a tray or large bowl underneath.
Pour your drizzle over the cake in batches till it’s all absorbed.
Reuse any drizzle caught in your tray or bowl.
Most of the drizzle should be absorbed.