Recipes
Carrot Cake with Flaked Cornmeal
This carrot cake with flaked cornmeal is a delicious, distinctly Brazilian twist on traditional carrot cake, with a moist, fluffy and flavorful crumb!
Ingredients
- •3 eggs
- •40 ml milk
- •200 g carrots
- •1 cup sugar
- •1 tablespoon baking powder
- •2 cups coarse precooked cornmeal flakes (flocão de milho)
- •2 cups hot water
- •3/4 cup oil
- •1 pinch of salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the cornmeal flakes and hot water in a bowl and leave to soak for 15 minutes. Stir well with a spoon to loosen the mixture.
- 2
Place the peeled and chopped carrots, eggs, sugar, milk and salt in a blender and blend well.
- 3
With the blender switched off, add the soaked cornmeal flakes and stir well with a spoon. Switch the blender on and blend again.
- 4
Add the baking powder and blend for just 30 more seconds to incorporate it into the batter.
- 5
Carefully pour all the batter into a baking pan greased with butter or margarine.
- 6
Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for about 40 to 45 minutes.
- 7
Once cool, turn the cake out onto a plate if desired. It is ready to slice and serve.