Recipe: Appetizing Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake.

You can cook Carrot Cake using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Carrot Cake

1. It's of Honeycomb:.
2. Prepare 1/2 Cup of Granulated Sugar,.
3. You need 2 TBSP of Golden Syrup,.
4. It's 1 TBSP of Maple Syrup,.
5. Prepare 2 TBSP of Water,.
6. You need 2 TSP of Baking Soda,.
7. Prepare of Cake Batter:.
8. It's 150 g of Walnut Coarsely Chopped,.
9. It's 500 ml of Fresh Carrot Juice,.
10. Prepare 200 g of Unbleached All Purpose Flour,.
11. You need 1 1/2 TBSP of Baking Powder,.
12. Prepare 1/2 TBSP of Baking Soda,.
13. You need 90 g of Caster Sugar,.
14. Prepare 90 g of Dark Muscovado Sugar,.
15. You need 1/4 TSP of Sea Salt,.
16. It's 1/4 TSP of Ground Cinnamon,.
17. Prepare 1/4 TSP of Nutmeg Freshly Grated,.
18. Prepare 375 g of Carrots Freshly Shredded Preferably Organic,.
19. It's 1/2 TBSP of Pure Vanilla Paste,.
20. You need of Fresh Orange Zest, 1/2 Orange.
21. You need of Canola / Peanut Oil, 120ml + More For Greasing.
22. Prepare of For Serving:.
23. Prepare 250 ml of Fresh Carrot Juice,.
24. Prepare 250 ml of Fresh Orange Juice,.

Carrot Cake instructions

1. Prepare the honeycomb. Lined baking tray with aluminium foil. Lightly grease the foil with oil. In a sauce pot, add sugar, golden syrup, maple syrup and water..
2. Turn the heat up to medium high. Place in a candy thermometer. *Do not stir the mixture.*.
3. Once the temperature reaches 148 degrees celsius or 300 fahrenheit, immediately remove from heat. *It is best to remove from heat just before it reaches that temperature as it will still continue cooking.* Immediately sieve in the baking soda..
4. Stir lightly to combine well. You will see that the mixture will start to foam up rapidly. As soon as that happens, stop stirring and immediately transfer onto the baking tray. *Do not try to smoothen the surface as it will collapse.*.
5. Set aside to cool down completely, preferably overnight. You can crack into smaller piece and store them in an airtight container. Prepare the cake batter..
6. In a skillet over medium heat, add walnuts. Saute and toast the walnuts for about 1 to 2 mins. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely. *Do not over toast the walnuts or it will turn bitter.*.
7. In a sauce pot over medium-low heat, add carrot juice. Bring it up to a slow simmer. Continue to simmer until it reduce to about 1/4 cup or 63ml. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely..
8. Lightly grease the cake pan with oil. Lay parchment paper onto the bottom of the cake pan as well as the sides. Preheat oven to 190 degree celsius or 375 fahrenheit..
9. In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt. Mix to combine well. Add in cinnamon, nutmeg, shredded carrots, vanilla and orange zest. Mix to combine well. Mix, mix, mix..
10. Lastly, add in carrot juice, oil and walnuts. Stir to combine well. Transfer the batter into the cake pan. Using an offset spatula to create an even surface..
11. Wack into the oven and bake for about 40 to 45 mins. *When you insert a skewer into the cake, the skewer should come out clean.* Remove from oven and let cool completely. Unmold and cover with cling film and chill in the fridge at least for 48 hrs..
12. To serve. In a sauce pot over medium-low heat, add carrot and orange juice. Bring it up to a slow simmer. Continue to simmer until it reduce to about 1/2..
13. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely. Spoon the reduced juice mixture onto serving plate. Place a slice of the carrot cake in the middle. Decorate with crack honeycomb pieces. Serve immediately..