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Carrot & Coconut Cake

Kezia Hall
A cake jam packed with healthy whole goodness.
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • Ideally all organic
  • 580 g Grated Carrots roughly 5 big ones
  • 6 Organic Eggs
  • 2 Bananas
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Essence
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Chopped Ginger
  • 100 g Ground Linseeds
  • 100 g Sultanas or Raisins
  • 80 g Chopped Walnuts
  • Zest 1/2 Lemon
  • 2 Pinches Salt
  • 200 g Desiccated Coconut
  • 100 g Coconut Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 170c and grease a tray with butter/oil and ideally line with greaseproof paper.
  • In a food processor mix the eggs, bananas and vanilla essence until fluffy.
  • Add the grated carrots to the egg mixture and blend until smooth and orange!
  • In a large mixing bowl thoroughly mix by hand in all other ingredients until fully combined.
  • Pour into your baking tray, and have the mixture around 1-1.5 inch depth and level out the top with a spatula.
  • Cover the tray with foil and place in oven for about an hour.
  • After an hour remove foil and cook for a further 45min or until it is firm and more solid feeling.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool.
  • Cut into rectangular slices.
  • If you have no allergy to dairy serve topped with creme fraiche or natural yogurt.

Notes

Feel free to not all the walnuts for a smoother texture or to make a more decadent icing with butter and or coconut cream.