Fluffy Ginger Carrot Cake
Not too sweet carrot cake flavored with ginger.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
- Yield: 10 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup milk, at room temperature
- 2 and ¼ cup all purpose flour (or whole wheat)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla powder
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- 2 and ¼ cup grated carrot
- 1 tbsp grated lemon zest
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 180C.
- Butter a 22cm round pan.
- Mix sugar and eggs until fluffy.
- Whisk in milk and olive oil.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, vanilla powder and ginger powder.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ones and stir with a spatula. Do not overmix.
- Fold in grated carrot and lemon zest and pour the batter into the buttered pan.
- Bake it for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and let it cool.
- Dust it with powdered sugar when it’s completely cooled.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 22.9 g
- Sodium: 49 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Carbohydrates: 46.9 g
- Protein: 5.5 g
- Cholesterol: 56 mg
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