VEGETARIAN CARROT CAKE

Vegetarian Carrot Cake image

This is a delicious, mouth watering, scrumptious, vegetarian Malaysian recipe.

Provided by Rajalechmy

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian Malaysian

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 14

Ingredients

3 teaspoons lemon juice
1 ¼ cups milk
⅔ cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons orange zest
¾ cup packed brown sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups grated carrots
½ cup chopped walnuts

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter an 8 inch springform pan. In a small bowl, add lemon juice to milk. Stir together and let stand 5 minutes. Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt together and set aside.
In a large bowl, cream oil, orange zest and brown sugar. Add sour milk and vanilla. Add flour mixture and beat until smooth. Stir in the grated carrots and chopped nuts.
Pour the batter into an 8 inch springform or other deep 8 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 388 calories, Carbohydrate 48.3 g, Cholesterol 2.4 mg, Fat 19.7 g, Fiber 3.8 g, Protein 6.5 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 219.8 mg, Sugar 18.7 g