Well, I had my first attempt (for a while) at baking today, and I even surprised myself with it. I chose to make Delia's low-fat moist carrot cake as a) it is low-fat b) we had some carrots to use up and c) it is a carrot cake without nuts (Note, it uses English measures).We went out this afternoon to buy some proper baking utensils. We bought some scales and cake tins (although we couldn't find the exact tins that we were looking for). I made the cake tonight, it was quite a lot of work grating the carrots and orange (but then I am a bit lazy!) and then sifting the brown sugar and flour as we don't have a sieve here, just a tea-strainer that is tiny. I did make a few changes to the recipe, due to the ingredients that I had to hand. The main change is that I used white and not wholemeal self-raising flour as I couldn't find any wholemeal, which made it quite pale. I also replaced bi-carbonate of soda with baking power; and cinnamon with nutmeg inside the cake, and hundreds and thousands on the outside.
It was actually delicious, good recipe Delia! I had tempt my husband into eating a slice though, by pouring him a glass of milk, as he declared himself not hungry. However, after one slice he then had a second so it can't have been that bad. So there you go, I am now officially a housewife, eek!
Oops just realised- sorry to those on fake Lent! Chocolate cake is better.
I can witness: it is absolutely delicious. I had seconds.
ReplyDeleteThere's a milestone! No, it looked lighter than that :-)
ReplyDeleteBaking powder is bicarbonate of soda plus cream of tartar, which react together to produce bubbles and lighten (raise) a cake. So I don't know how bicarb worked on its own - but then again, white flour is lighter than wholemeal, so perhaps that's the reason the cake worked.
The cake looks great.
I probably phrased it wrong but I didn't have any bicarb so used baking powder. Perhaps then, baking powder combined with the white flour resulted in a lighter cake? Shame I can't share it with you.
ReplyDeleteMmmm it looks delicious! I figure that I'm allowed to eat such things because there are carrots in it which must make it kind of healthy, right? haha
ReplyDeleteIt looks great
ReplyDeleteThanks anonymous- am I right in thinking that you're shop girl's 'Anonymous'?
ReplyDeleteShop girl- yes, it is a very healthy cake, and of course doesn't count as it is full of raisins, orange and carrots!
You are tactful. I misread, didn't I! Don't know what the bicarb is supposed to do on its own. Baking powder will have added a lift to plain flour (self-raising flour already includes bp) xx
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