Monday, December 01, 2008
Three Courses of Carrot
I bought the biggest bag of carrots last week, but am now pondering what to do with 5kg of carrots, so today I made carrot and pumpkin soup, served haggis with mashed potatoes and crushed buttered carrots and made two carrot cakes. I must have used a fair few carrots, but there are still plenty more to be used up. I wonder if the meal will turn me orange?
Carrot Cake Recipe (serves about 20 people)
500 g carrot
1 apple
1 orange
50 g raisins
2 eggs
100 g brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey
100 g oatmeal
400 g plain flour
125 g butter
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon mixed spice
Method
Grate the carrot, apple and zest of an orange into a large mixing bowl.
Add the spices, sugar, honey and raisins and mix well.
Beat the two eggs into the mixture.
Melt the butter and pour onto cake mixture.
Add the oatmeal, flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and fold into the batter.
Pour mixture into two loaf tins and bake at Gas Mark 4 for 1 hour.
Carrot Cake Recipe (serves about 20 people)
500 g carrot
1 apple
1 orange
50 g raisins
2 eggs
100 g brown sugar
2 tablespoons honey
100 g oatmeal
400 g plain flour
125 g butter
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon mixed spice
Method
Grate the carrot, apple and zest of an orange into a large mixing bowl.
Add the spices, sugar, honey and raisins and mix well.
Beat the two eggs into the mixture.
Melt the butter and pour onto cake mixture.
Add the oatmeal, flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda and fold into the batter.
Pour mixture into two loaf tins and bake at Gas Mark 4 for 1 hour.
