Carrot cake (TM)

Carrot cake (TM)

Servings:	8-12
Ready in:	1 hour, 10 minutes
Prep. time:	5 minutes
Cook time:	1 hour, 5 minutes
Difficulty:

A delicious carrot cake recipe made in the Thermomix.

Ingredients

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• 300g carrots (net weight after topping, tailing and peeling), cut into chunks
• 320g light, soft brown sugar
• 50g sour cream
• 80g organic, cold-pressed rapeseed oil
• 80g soft, unsalted butter
• 250g plain, wholemeal flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 2 heaped teaspoons ground cinnamon

Mise en place

• Preheat the oven to 180° C (350° F - gas 4), without fan.

Method

1. Place all of the ingredients into the bowl 40 seconds / Speed 6.
2. Pour the mixture into a lined and greased 20cm cake tin.
3. Bake, without fan, for about 1 hour and 5 minutes, then test with a skewer.
4. Leave to cool in the tin.
5. Turn out onto a cake rack and serve.

Recipe source

• Lightly adapted from a recipe in Fast and Easy Cooking, the Thermomix TM31 cookery book.

Chef's notes

If using organic carrots, there is no need to peel them.