In this article we will talk, as always, aboutdelicious food. This time the main characters will be carrot muffins. Agree, food should be not only tasty, but also as healthy as possible. We offer you a recipe for a great start to the day. After all, what can you think of better than a breakfast consisting of fresh homemade pastries made with your own hands and a cup of aromatic tea. Such a wonderful morning can lift your mood for the whole day, and the food will give you strength and energy and charge you with vivacity for a long time.
Carrot cake classic
We would like to invite you to master the classiccarrot cake recipe. By the way, you can use your imagination with it: add various fillings with berries, nuts, chocolate and dried fruits. Choose what you like best! Ingredients:
- Butter - 180 grams
- 3 eggs
- 300 grams of flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- vanillin
- 3-4 carrots of medium size
Method of preparation:Start bringing this simple recipe to life by preparing the carrots: wash, peel and grate them. Beat the butter and sugar until light and smooth. Pour a packet of baking powder and a little vanilla into the flour, mix, and sift. Combine with butter. Beat the eggs into the mixture, one at a time. It will be easier if you have a food processor with a wide mixing bowl at hand, but if you don’t have one, you can do all this by hand. Then add the chopped carrots, mix, and the dough will be ready for baking. Transfer it to a greased muffin tin (with a hole in the middle), and put it in the oven. Bake for 30-40 minutes at 180 degrees. If you see that the top of the muffin is starting to burn, moisten it with water and cover the tin. The readiness of the baked goods is checked with a regular match or toothpick, piercing the delicacy in the middle - the stick should come out dry and clean. Sprinkle the finished cake with powdered sugar.
Carrot and nut cake with spices
The recipe for this dessert includesseveral types of nuts and a wonderful ensemble of spices: ginger, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom. And, as you may have guessed, the main component of the baked goods is carrots. Ingredients:
- flour - 180 grams
- Butter - one and a half packs
- brown sugar - 300 grams
- 5 eggs
- half a lemon
- 100 grams of almonds
- 100 grams of walnut kernels
- 4 medium carrots
- bag of baking powder
- half a teaspoon of cinnamon
- half a teaspoon ground ginger
- cloves - 2-3 pieces
- pinch of nutmeg
- 1 box of cardamom
Method of preparation:Wash the carrots, peel them with a knife and grate them on a grater with medium-sized holes. It is better to use a blender with a bowl or a food processor to chop nuts, especially almonds. If you do not have such equipment at home, simply wrap the nuts in a kitchen towel and crush them with a rolling pin until they are large crumbs. Take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance so that it is soft. Rub the butter with sugar until it is white and light. Separate the yolks from the eggs and beat them one by one into the butter. Zest half a lemon and squeeze out the juice. Add both ingredients to the dough. Sift the wheat flour, adding baking powder and salt. Mix it into the dough step by step. It's time for the spices: grind the cardamom seeds and cloves in a mortar, combine these spices with the rest of the spices included in this recipe. Pour all the spices into the main mixture. Place the crushed nut crumbs and grated carrots here. Beat the egg whites separated from the eggs with a mixer until stiff. The whites are often added to the recipe last, as they are mixed in very carefully with a spoon and enrich the dough with air, making it airy. Start baking. You will need a round form with a diameter of 24 centimeters. Cover it with parchment and put all the dough with a spatula. Bake the carrot cake for about an hour, setting the oven temperature to 180 ºС. If the top of the dessert burns, cover the form with a sheet of foil or damp baking paper. After an hour, use a toothpick to check the readiness of the cake. If the wooden stick comes out dry, then the dessert is well baked. Keep the finished carrot cake in the turned off oven for 10 minutes, and then leave to cool on the rack for at least an hour.
Coconut-Carrot Cakes
Sweet taste of carrot cakes with coconut aromayour children will definitely appreciate it, as most of them don’t really like baked goods with this vegetable. But they will like this dessert and it will be a great option for an afternoon snack. And even before bedtime, you can safely treat your child to this cake with a glass of milk – pleasure is guaranteed. Ingredients:
- vegetable oil - 250 grams
- sugar - 220 grams
- 3 eggs
- wheat flour - 220 grams
- salt - a pinch
- 2 large carrots
- 12 grams of baking powder
- 35% cream - a quarter cup
- powdered sugar - 2 tablespoons
- coconut shaving - 3 tablespoons
- Chips of chocolate - 2 tablespoons
Method of preparation:Start the recipe with preparation. Preheat the oven to 180 C. Take small muffin tins, preferably silicone ones, grease each one with oil. Now your task is to follow this recipe exactly, without breaking anything. Wash, peel and grate the carrots on a medium grater. Beat the butter and sugar with a mixer. Add the eggs one by one. Add the sifted flour and baking powder. Add the carrot pulp last. Don't forget about the coconut flakes (leave a little for sprinkling). It will give the baked goods an unforgettable rich aroma. Fill each tin halfway with dough. Put the muffins in the oven, it will take a total of 20-25 minutes to bake, no more, since the volume of each future dessert is small. When the time is right, take the muffins out and check their readiness with a stick. Do not take them out of the tins while they are hot, let them cool. It's time for the most interesting part. After all, don't forget that this recipe is made for children, so the appearance of the cupcakes should be very attractive. They definitely need cream! The recipe for cream is quite simple and well-known: beat cold cream with powdered sugar until thick. Place beautifully whipped cream on top of each cupcake with a spoon, sprinkle with grated chocolate and coconut flakes.
Lenten cake with carrots
This cake recipe will be appreciated by people who oftenare fasting because it does not contain eggs. It also does not contain milk or margarine. It's time to destroy the myths that Lenten food is bland and tasteless. Try this recipe and you will see for yourself. Your cake will be moist, moderately sweet and with a subtle carrot flavor. Ingredients:
- refined vegetable oil - one third glass
- 1 cup carrot juice
- one and a half glasses of flour
- a glass of sugar
- baking powder - 1.5 teaspoons
- powdered sugar - 3 tablespoons
Method of preparation This carrot cake is made withouteggs include vegetable juice. Therefore, we will immediately stipulate that it can be replaced with apple, peach, or any other. The main condition is that the juice is thick and necessarily with pulp. The recipe for making this cake is simple, you will quickly cope with it. So, get started. Dissolve sugar in vegetable oil, add a glass of juice. Grate the carrots using a fine grater, add the shavings to the mixture. Pour sifted flour, baking powder into the dough and knead the dough - its consistency should be similar to thick sour cream. Bake the cake at medium temperature (1800 C) for 40-45 minutes. Sprinkle the finished baked goods with a layer of powdered sugar.
Cupcake with raisins and carrots
We offer you another recipe based onhomemade baked goods with carrots. And it doesn't even matter if you don't like carrots in pies - here it is not felt clearly. On the contrary, thanks to it, the cake acquires a juicy texture. As a filling instead of raisins, we can offer to use any candied fruits or chopped nuts. Ingredients:
- 2 medium carrots
- 1 cup of sugar
- 5 eggs
- incomplete glass of vegetable oil
- half a glass of raisins
- 2 cups of flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ground ginger - pinch
Method of preparation:Many housewives revere this recipe for its simplicity and a small amount of inexpensive products that can be found in the refrigerator of every house. So, let's get started. Beat the eggs in a large bowl. When they acquire an airy foamy structure, add sugar little by little. Then pour in the vegetable oil. Pour in the carrot shavings and stir the mixture. Next in the recipe is flour. It needs to be sifted through a fine sieve so that it has time to saturate with oxygen. In this case, the baked goods will rise higher. Add spices: ginger and cinnamon. Wash the raisins, pour boiling water over them, dry them, and then roll them in flour. Add to the dough and stir again. Place the dough in a prepared form, it does not matter whether it is rectangular or round. Bake this cake for about 45 minutes (1800 C). Use a match to check if it is ready. Cupcakes have everything to become your signature pastry. They are very soft, they are healthy, they attract with their unusual taste. Prepare them according to one of the recipes described above, and your loved ones will definitely ask you to make them more often.
