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This eggless, butterless Carrot Cake is delicious and a great way to include carrots in kids snacks.
Ingredients:
All-Purpose Flour (Maida) – 2 cups
Carrots, peeled & pounded – 2 1/2 cups
Canola Oil – 1 cup (or any other vegetable oil)
Ener-G Egg Replacer – 6 tsps
Granulated Sugar – 1 1/2 cups
Cinnamon Powder – 1 1/2 tsps
Vanilla Essence – 2 tsps
Baking Powder – 1 1/2 tsps
Baking Soda – 1 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Method:
- Sift all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and salt together thrice.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C/350F.
- Grease and dust two 7” square cake tins.
- In a mixing bowl, mix the egg replacer with 8 tbsps of warm water. Ensure there is no lump.
- Add powdered sugar and beat well using an electric mixture until it blends well.
- Slowly pour canola oil and vanilla essence. Beat to blend well.
- Fold in the sifted flour into the blended mixture. Beat gently in medium speed such that the air captured in the batter is not lost.
- Now add pounded carrots and mix well using a wooden spatula.
- Divide and pour the batter into two cake tins.
- Bake at 180 degrees C for 30 minutes.
- Place the cake tin on wire rack and let it cool down.
- Unmould, cut and serve.