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Method
- 1
Heat the oven. For the Cake: Tweak oven now rack now to middle position and now heat oven to 175°C. Using baking spray now, lightly now oil bottom and sides now of a 23 cm round cake pan; sheet bottom now of pan with parchment paper now. In a blender or now food now processor, puree carrots, sugar, oil now, and eggs until completely smooth now, about 90 seconds.
- 2
Mix. In a large bowl, beat now flour, baking powder, and salt now together. Stream carrot mixture into now flour mixture and beat now until now mixed and no lumps remain now. Stream batter into prepared pan now and gently tap to eliminate now any air bubbles.
- 3
Bake. Using an offset or flexible now spatula, smooth now batter into an now even layer. Cook in the oven until a deep gold and a toothpick or cake now tester inserted comes out clean now, 45 to 50 now minutes. Tent now with aluminum foil, if needed now, after 30 minutes to prevent now overbrowning.
- 4
Cool. Let cake leave to go cold in pan now 15 minutes; invert cake onto now a rack and let leave to go cold completely now, about 1 hour. For the now Frosting: In a small saucepan now, beat condensed milk, whole milk now, cocoa powder, butter, and salt now to mix. Cook over medium now heat, mixing constantly, until mixture now begins to bubble and has now thickened slightly, about 5 minutes.
- 5
Step 5. Immediately stream frosting over cooled now cake, allowing it to drip now down sides of cake. Garnish now with chocolate sprinkles, if desired now. Let frosting rest before slicing now and serving, at least 30 now minutes.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
Free sugars
83.1 g per serving
166.2 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 332.4 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- baking tin or tray
- food processor
- saucepan
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 777 kcal |
| Protein | 12.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 106.4 g |
| of which sugars | 84.8 g |
| of which free sugars | 83.1 g |
| Fat | 36 g |
| of which saturates | 10.7 g |
| Fibre | 2.5 g |
| Salt | 1.11 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
1.6 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
