Vegetarian Carrot Cake

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

Vegetarian Carrot Cake

Ingredients

  • 3 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons orange zest
  • 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1 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.

2 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.

3 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.