South American Recipe ♯ Quick Blender Carrot Cake

This Brazilian cake is quick and easy to make - just throw all the ingredients in the blender, mix, and bake! For an extra treat, serve with warm chocolate syrup.

Ingredients

• 2 carrots, chopped
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup rapeseed oil
• 4 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
2. Combine carrots, sugar, oil and eggs in a blender; blend until smooth. Gradually add flour and mix until well blended. Turn off blender. Stir baking powder into batter with a wooden spoon. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Place cake pan on a wire rack and cool completely. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate.

Nutrition Facts

• calories518.1
• carbohydrateContent70.2 g
• cholesterolContent74.4 mg
• fatContent24.2 g
• fiberContent1.4 g
• proteinContent6.5 g
• saturatedFatContent4.1 g
• sodiumContent137.9 mg
• sugarContent40.8 g