Carrot Castella - 人参カステラ -

Carrots, carrots, carrots.... I had a lot of carrots in the fridge that needed to be dealt with, and you know what that meant... Carrot cake... ;)

This time I used the same method as the popular Japanese cake カステラ (Castella), but I replaced the strong white flour with wholemeal flour to make it feel more..."healthy", and added quite a bit of carrot.

This cake has two stages to enjoy. Day one, it's light and you might feel like you want to call it a 'loaf' rather than a 'cake'. Then, when you rest it for a day or two, it gets more moist and juicy, which makes the cake more 'cake'-like. Two in one, sounds good right? ;D

Ingredients:

Wholemeal flour 100g

Dark brown sugar 100g

Mixed spice 1-2 tsp

Egg 4

Honey 3tbsp

Shredded carrots 100g

Hot water 1 tbsp

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