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EASY & DELICIOUS PURPLE CARROT CAKE WITH BLOOD ORANGE JAM

Posted On: 2023-07-21 13:20:27

Ingredients:

Carrot cake

2 1/2 flour all purpose flour

1 tsp cinnamon powder

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 cup sugar coconut sugar

1/2 cup apple sauce

3/4 cup milk

1 tsp apple cider vinegar

1 egg

1/3 cup coconut oil

2 medium carrots grated

1/4 cup chopped walnuts

1/4 cup blood orange marmalade jam home made or store bought

Blood orange jam

4 blood oranges

2 1/2 cups sugar

1 L water

Butter cream Frosting

1 cup butter

3 cups icing sugar

Directions:

Blood Orange Jam

Place cut oranges in a large pot and cover it with the water and leave overnight.

The next day, bring this pot to a boil and add in your sugar.

Let it boil for an hour or until the mixture becomes thick

Let it cool and place in the fridge overnight

Carrot Cake

Preheat your oven to 180c. Grease 2 or 3 8 x 12 inch baking pan and set aside.

Shred your carrots and keep aside

Make buttermilk by mixing apple cider vinegar with your milk

Combine your dry ingredients together in a bowl

Whip your coconut oil, sugar, apple sauce together in a separate bowl

Add in egg and buttermilk and mix well with your wet ingredients bowl

Slowly add in your flour mixture and mix.

Fold in your grated carrots and walnuts

Divide batter between 2-3 cake pans.

Bake for 45-55 minutes depending on thickness of cake. Check with a toothpick

Let it cool completely and place into the fridge overnight or for two hours. This always frosting to be smooth and not break the cake.

Buttercream frosting

Add in your ingredients for this and beat until fluffy. You may need to add more sugar or a tsp of plant based milk in order for it to be the consistency you desire.

Assembly

Remove your chilled cakes and place them on a table

Smear a thin layer of your blood orange marmalade on to each layer

Follow this with a layer of butter cream

Carefully stack all layers on your cake plate/stand

Finally, cover the entire cake with frosting

Decorate with your carrot ribbons, dried blood orange slices, and flowers

Serve immediately. Left overs can be put in the fridge up to 5 days.

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