Books & Spoons Recipe for CARROT CAKE

So the nasty flu virus that has been going around since Christmas attacked this household last weekend and is not giving up the fight easily.

I had great plans for cooking and baking this week, but with the fever raging making the carrot cake didn't happen instead I was thankful for the yogurt and bananas to eat when I had the energy for it.

​But I made the cake during the holidays as well, so I got a picture of it from the Christmas album, sort of. 

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So instead of cooking and eating well this week, it was more like gallons of fresh ginger tea with lemon and honey, and crackers with the meds. When I finally got hungry I realized I have to first cook the meal and then rest to eat it. Hah. Great planning is like half done. So on Wednesday evening, I made a stir-fry and couscous, both ready in minutes and easy to quickly heat up when needed even without micro way oven. 

But I will share with you the carrot cake recipe. It is a twist on the banana bread recipe I shared with you before in November, and I have fallen in love with it because it is tasty, delicious, moist, and easy to make without any kitchen machinery. I make an icing for it with a mix of cream cheese and Mascarpone and a little bit of powdered sugar. The end result - fantastic! I hope you enjoy it and I truly hope y'all are doing better than this household right now :D 
~ Cheers

CARROT CAKE 

8 to 10 servings
preparation time 15 minutes + 40 minutes baking
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• 150 g (5,3 oz) butter
• 2 dl natural yoghurt
• 2 eggs
• 4 cup flour
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 2 cups of shredded carrots
• 2 tsp cardamom
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon

To the baking pan: 
butter
bread crumbs

- Preheat the oven to 200 C / 390 F degrees. 
- Shred the carrots.
- Melt the butter in the microwave or in a small saucepan on the stove. 
- In a bowl mix the yogurt and melted butter. 
- Add the eggs and stir vigorously with spoon or whisk 
- Add all the dry ingredients, so that the raising agents are well mixed in. 
- Mix in the batter the carrots and spices
- Mix the dough until smooth.
- Grease the cake tin with breadcrumbs and flour it. 
- Pour the batter into a baking dish. 
- Bake for 40 minutes or until done