Healthy Banana & Carrot Cake

Healthy Banana & Carrot Cake

It is a healthy eggless cake made with banana, carrot and oats and uses very little oil. A moist cake which can be eaten guilt free.

Ingredients

  • 3 well ripe bananas
  • 1 cup grated carrot(squeezed)
  • 1/3 to 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup oats or oats flour
  • 1 cup self raising flour/plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 tsp cinnamon powder
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp. plain yogurt

Method

1) Mash 3 bananas with fork. Add 1/2 cup sugar(you can adjust according to the sweetness of banana), 1/4 cup oil, 1/4 tsp salt and 2 tsp vanilla essence. Beat until well combined.

2) Powder 1 cup oats into fine powder.

3) Sieve in the oats flour, 1 cup self raising flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp cinnamon powder and 1/8 tsp nutmeg powder into the wet mixture. Mix just until combined.

4) Add 1 cup grated carrot(squeeze out the excess water before adding into the cake mix) and 2 tbsp yogurt. Gently fold the carrot into the batter.

5) Transfer to a loaf tin. Tap 3 times.

6) Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 50-60 minutes or until skewer inserted comes out clean.

7) Allow to cool down completely.

Keralite, Indian currently living in UK
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