Fragrant and Healthy Carrot Cake

Name: Fragrant and Healthy Carrot Cake
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters packed brown sugar; 177 milliliters cake flour; 473 milliliters grated carrots; 5 dried figs, chopped; 2 eggs; 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon; 1 orange, juiced and zested; 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest; 2 Tbsps molasses; 59 milliliters chopped pecans; 2 Tbsps poppy seeds; 118 milliliters raisins; 1 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters vegetable oil; 177 milliliters whole wheat flour

Fragrant and Healthy Carrot Cake requires approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 8 servings with 310 calories, 6g of protein, and 12g of fat each. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up lemon zest, poppy seeds, vegetable oil, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. Easter will be even more special with this recipe.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan.

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Kugelhopf Pan

Oven

In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, cake flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, carob, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the molasses, oil, eggs and orange juice.

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Cake Flour

Baking Soda

Orange Juice

Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Molasses

Egg

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Mix until the dry ingredients are moistened, then stir in the orange zest, lemon zest, raisins, figs, poppy seeds, carrots and pecans until evenly distributed.

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Orange Zest

Poppy Seeds

Lemon Zest

Carrot

Raisins

Pecans

Figs

Pour into the prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes before removing from the pan.

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Oven

Knife