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Sticky Carrot Gingerbread

October 19, 2014 by Sara 3 Comments

sticky carrot gingerbread

There’s something about the sweet spicy smell of this Sticky Carrot Gingerbread that’s comforting on every level. It wraps you in cosiness with the promise of it’s gooey warmth and sweetness, but with a few healthy tweaks of the traditional recipe it can be a really wholesome treat, that doesn’t have to be rationed – that much!

Sticky Carrot Gingerbread
 
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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
25 mins
Total time
35 mins
 
Author: Sara
Ingredients
  • Sticky Carrot Gingerbread Recipe
  • ½ cup molasses or dark treacle (50g)
  • ½ cup honey or maple syrup) (50g)
  • 1 large grated carrot (80g)
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar (15g)
  • 2 tbsp light olive oil or melted coconut oil (40g)
  • 1 medium egg, beaten.
  • ½ cup of milk (0r less if the mixture is wet enough)
  • 1 slightly heaped cup whole wheat flour ( or spelt flour) (120g)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1½ tsp powdered ginger
  • 1½ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ soft brown sugar (45g)
  • ½ cup raisins or chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
  1. Method
  2. Warm the treacle and honey together gently in a heatproof bowl over simmering water.
  3. In another bowl beat the egg, and add the olive oil, whisking it into a light frothy mixture.
  4. Whisk together the runny honey and treacle with the egg and oil.
  5. Sift the flour, baking powder and spices into the wet mixture, stirring as you go to bring everything together.
  6. Stir in the soft brown sugar, grated carrot,raisins or chopped walnuts, salt and cider vinegar.
  7. Now add the milk , a little at a time until the mixture is a soft gooey batter.
  8. Pour the mixture into a lined shallow tin, mine was a 30 cm x 10 ccm loaf tin. You want the mixture to cover the bottom of the tin and be about 5 cm thick as it will rise.
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sticky carrot gingerbread

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Comments

  1. JessicaJ says

    December 13, 2014 at 1:26 pm

    Yum! My husband goes gaga over spice cake, I think he would LOVE this recipe! Definitely going to give it a whirl! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Lou Lou Girls says

    November 10, 2014 at 10:09 pm

    Hello beautiful! This looks so amazing. Pinned. Thank you for taking the time to stop by! I hope to see you at our party tonight, it starts at 7 pm. We love to party with you!
    Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls

    Reply
    • Sara says

      November 12, 2014 at 11:43 pm

      Thanks for hosting and pinning! we will be back!

      Reply

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