Cinnamon carrot cake

On Tuesday evenings our doorbell rings. One of the kids rushes to the door, we hear a little shout of 'Thank you' and a yellow paper bag of vegetables and fruit is brought into the kitchen. Kievit brings us that bag and it is a bag of biological fruit and vegetables, our little contribution to a greener Earth.

Before unpacking the bag I read the newsletter that comes with it. It is unexpectedly eloquent and entertaining, that farmer should write a blog! On the back are recipes (written by the farmer's mother?) and that is very useful sometimes. We have encountered some vegetables we hadn't seen before.

This week we got a recipe for carrot cake. I added an egg to the original Kievit recipe, because a cake without an egg seemed wrong to me. Here it is: Almost Biological Cinnamon Carrot Cake

Heat the oven to 165 degrees Celsius.

Mix together

225 grams of flour

1 tablespoon of cinnamon

1teaspoon of nutmeg

1/2 tablespoon of baking powder

110 grams of melted butter

110 grams of honey

110 grams of sugar (I used cane sugar)

1 beaten egg

and of course 225 grams of grated carrots (I chopped them in the food processor because I didn't want to hurt my hands)

grease and flour a loaf pan, pour in the mixture and bake for 60 minutes (when a skewer should come out clean).

Comments

[tony(a) lemos]

Hi there
Such a coincidence that I found you today from the "feeling stitchy" site as I leave here (massachusetts) in a few hours for the Netherlands. My daughter (aged 4) a friend and I will be in Amstedam for a few days!! Write back if you like I'll have my computer with me.

My blog is

http://theherbalway.blogspot.com/

We like some of the same blogs! and have a similar interest in natural organic foods!!
-tony(a)

[emma]

nyummmm!!!

i want to try this cake!!