Do you want to learn a carrot cake recipe with perfect dough and traditional brigadeiro, ganache or chocolate topping?
Carrot cake is a treat that pleases the general public, right? Whether an adult or a child, that taste brings comfort and there is no one who doesn’t like it. So, are you going to receive a visitor at home or do you want to please someone? Make this recipe, which is not only practical but also delicious.
However, this is a typical grandmother’s recipe with wheat flour, sugar and everything you need in a beautiful cake. However, you can find 6 recipes for carrot cake without wheat flour here. Here we have also shown 6 types of chocolate frosting recipes for cakes.
But do you still prefer chocolate cake? No problem, learn the light and fluffy chocolate cake recipe
Some people insist on saying that they don’t get carrot cake right. Although it is an easy recipe that does not require exact measurements, excess carrots can weigh down the dough. So follow the recipe and tell us your experience.
In summary, this recipe takes around 20 minutes to prepare and serves an average of 8 people. All this at a low cost and with minimal difficulty.
Carrot Cake Recipe
Dough ingredients
- 270 grams of CARROTS after cleaning and washing (approximately 3 medium carrots)
- 200 ml SUNFLOWER OIL
- 3 EGGS
- 360 grams of SUGAR or 2 cups of tea – Here it actually asks for 400 grams, but I like it better when the sweets are less sweet ;D so I reduced it a little.
- 240 grams of WHEAT FLOUR or 2 cups of tea
- 8 grams of BAKING POWDER or 2 teaspoons
How to make the dough
Grease and flour a cake pan. Then, blend the carrots, oil, eggs and sugar in a blender for approximately 5 minutes. Now, place it in a bowl and add the sifted flour and baking powder. Finally, Mix.
Finally bake at 180˚C for approximately 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from inside the cake.
Carrot cake topping recipes
1. Brigadeiro topping
Brigadeiro ingredients
1 can of condensed milk (can or box) of 395g
1 tablespoon of butter
1/2 cup of chocolate powder
1/2 cup of chocolate sprinkles (optional, to sprinkle on top)
Brigadeiro preparation method
In a pan, place the condemned milk with the chocolate powder and butter. Leave everything cooking over low heat. Stir constantly to avoid sticking.
When it starts to come away from the pan, it’s time to take it off the heat, because it’s ready!
Then, just pour it, still hot, over the carrot cake (which has to be cold). Smooth the brigadeiro so that all parts of the cake receive an (almost) equal amount of frosting. If you want, finish with sprinkles.
2. Ganache coverage
Ingredients for ganache
- 170 grams of semi-sweet chocolate (56%) chopped
- 1 tablespoon of glucose or honey
- 100 grams of unsalted butter
How to prepare ganache
Bring the butter and glucose to a boil. Then, pour over the chopped chocolate. Now, wait 3 minutes and process until it becomes smooth.
Finally, pour it over the cake.
3. Alternative cake topping
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 3 tablespoons of chocolate powder
- 1 cup (tea) sugar
- 1 cup of milk (tea)
How to make:
First, pour the butter, chocolate powder, sugar and milk into a bowl, then mix. Then, bring the mixture to a boil and continue mixing until it reaches a creamy consistency. Then pour the syrup over the cake.
And, of course, this isn’t the only type of chocolate coating there is. You can choose from several other recipes that we list in this other post here.
Source: daninoce, everything is delicious
