Carrot and Date Cake | Carrot Cake Recipe with Whole Wheat Flour
Bake a easy, moist and delicious carrot and date cake with this easy to follow recipe. The cake has whole wheat flour, grated carrots, walnuts and dates.
Equipment
- 1 6-inches round cake tin
Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 150 grams Whole wheat flour
- 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ½ cup Chopped dates
- ½ cup Walnuts chopped
- 1½ cups Grated carrots
Wet Ingredients
- ½ cup Oil (Sunflower or Canola)
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- ½ tsp Vanilla essence
Instructions
How to make carrot cake with wheat flour
- In a medium bowl, sift whole wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together vegetable oil, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract.
- Add in finely chopped pitted dates and walnuts with the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.
- In to the liquid ingredients add sifted whole wheat flour mixture. Gently fold into the wet ingredients until combined.
- Pour batter into prepared cake tin and bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool before serving.
Notes
- Do not over mix the cake batter.
- You can substitute brown sugar with caster sugar
- Use regular whole wheat flour used to make chapatis. Sift the flour at least 3 times.
- Add a teaspoon of spice mix for added flavour