Johnny Iuzzini's Brazilian Carrot Cake - the chew - ABC.com

  • 30 mins
  • 60 mins

Ingredients

  • ingredients
  • Cake: 1 Lb  4 oz. carrots 4 eggs 8 oz oil 16 oz sugar 9 oz all purpose flour 1 tablespoon butter 1 Tablespoon baking powder 1/4 Teaspoon salt Chocolate Frosting: 3.5 oz bittersweet chocolate 1 Cup milk 1 Tablespoon butter 2 Teaspoon honey
  • kitchenware
  • 9 x13 pan/ sheet
  • Measuring Cup (set)
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Blender

Preparation

Step 1

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9 oz all purpose flour 
1 tablespoon butter For the Cake: Prepare a 9x13 cake pan with butter and flour. Pre heat oven to 325 f. 
1 Lb  4 oz. carrots Peel and roughly chop the carrots. Sift the dry ingredients together.
4 eggs
8 oz oil
16 oz sugar
Carrots (from previous step) In a blender mix the carrots, eggs, oil and sugar. Blend until its completely smooth. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and fold in the dry.
  3.5 oz bittersweet chocolate
1 Cup milk
1 Tablespoon butter
2 Teaspoon honey Bake for 40 min.
  For the chocolate frosting: Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Let it boil and cook for 5 min.  The cake should still be warm when you pour it over.
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