Bolo de Cenoura~ Carrot Cake Brazilian Style

For recipe in German please click HERE:

This cake is one of the most common cakes in Brazil, and differs from the European and American versions I have tried so far. It tastes like a rich butter cake, and the carrots give it an intense and beautiful colour. A brazilian Carrot Cake usually as a rectanglar or round layer cake, you may add chocolate chips or cover it with chocolate glaze. So simple and so delicious! This time I have decided to sprinkle it with icing sugar instead of chocolate icing, and it tasted incredibly moist and delicious- a perfect treat to enjoy with a cup of tea, milk or coffee, both for kids and adults!

Carrot Cake Brazilian Style

Ingredients (for 26cm ring pan)

Recipe adapted from here

3 large carrots, peeled and thinly sliced

3 eggs

240 ml vegetable oil

300 g sugar

salt

250 g all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

butter (to grease baking pan)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 175 °C/ 350 F.

Place the sliced carrots, eggs and oil into the bender, then process untill the carrots are finely chopped.

Then stir in sugar, blend well.
Add flour and baking powder, mix until well blended.
Pour the batter into a greased (first grease with butter, then sprinkle some flour over) baking pan.
Bake at 175°C/ 350 F about 40 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched.
When baked, remove cake from the oven, let cool and sprinkle icing sugar evenly on the top or cover it with chocolate glaze.

Danas vam predstavljam Bolo de cenoura  kolač, kolač koji je jako popularan u Brazilu, jako je ukusan, sočan, mekan, divne narandžaste boje i vrlo lako i brzo se priprema. Tijesto se u potpunosti priprema u blenderu, što je za mene bilo nešto novo, ali- zašto da ne? Rezultat je bio fantastičan, ovaj kolač će se redovno naći na našem stolu.  Uz čašu čaja, mlijeka ili kafu- divota!

U biti sam se držala originalnog recepta, ali sam smanjila količinu šećera, jer 400 grama je bilo previše za moj ukus.

Brazilski kolač od mrkve

Recept adaptiran.

Sastojci (za okrugli kalup, 26 cm)

3 mrkve, velike, oguljene i sitno nasjeckane

3 jaja

240 ml ulja

300 g šećera

prstohvat soli

250 g brašna (glatko)

1 žličica praška za pecivo

kocka maslaca (za pleh)

Priprema 

 

Pećnicu zagrijati na 175°C.
Pripremiti kalup tako što ga prvo premazati maslacem, pa onda pobrašnjaviti.
U blender ubaciti sjeckanu mrkvu, jaja, ulje, so, pa izmiksati dok se mrkva potpuno ne samelje. Onda dodati šećer, opet miksati. Miksati dalje uz postepeno dodavanje brašna i miksati dok se svi sastojci ne sjedine. Na kraju dodati prašak za pecivo, i samo kratko promiješati.
Tijesto sipati u pripremljeni pleh i peći na 175°C 40 minuta.
Pečeni kolač ostaviti u kalupu dok se malo ne ohladi. Gotov kolač posuti šećerom u prahu ili po želji čokoladnom glazurom. Uživati!