Carrot cake made with honey and olive oil

Author: HFG staff

Photographer: HFG staff

Try this version of carrot cake made using olive oil and honey. Serve with a dollop of yoghurt and enjoy with a cuppa.

Serves: 13

Time to make: 1 hr 25 mins , plus cooling

Hands-on time: 15 mins

Ingredients

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2 cups grated carrot
¾ cup ground almonds
1⅔ cup wholemeal self-raising flour
1½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1½ teaspoon baking powder
3 eggs
zest 1 orange and 3 tablespoons juice
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
⅓ cup currants
4 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons runny honey, plus 2 tablespoons extra to serve
500g pot reduced-fat Greek-style yoghurt
⅓ cup unsalted pistachios, roughly chopped, to serve

Instructions

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1 Heat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4 and line a 1kg loaf tin with baking paper.

2 In a large bowl, mix together the grated carrot, almonds, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, eggs, orange zest and juice, olive oil, currants, the honey and 2/3 cup of the yoghurt until combined.

3 Pour the cake batter into the prepared tin, then bake for 1 hr–1 hr 10 min until the cake is golden and a skewer pushed into the centre comes out clean.

4 Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool in the tin. When cool, cut the cake into 12 slices and serve each with a dollop of nutty yogurt made by putting the remaining yoghurt in a small bowl, sprinkling with the pistachios and drizzling with the 2 tablespoons honey.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 262 cal

Kilojoules 1096 kJ

Protein 11.2 g

Total fat 12.2 g

Saturated fat 2.1 g

Carbohydrates 28.5 g

Sugar 16.3 g

Dietary fibre 3.7 g

Sodium 79 mg

Calcium 102 mg

Iron 1.7 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.

First published: Nov 2020

3 comments on Carrot cake made with honey and olive oil

lesley norris March 30, 2021 at 5:17 pm #

Delicious.
Served this as a dessert at a dinner party and was repeatedly asked where I had found this decadent recipe.
No-one had any inkling it was a healthy, low sugar, lowfat recipe,

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25324307 July 8, 2021 at 12:36 pm #

Can you freeze it?

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- Jen deMontalk July 9, 2021 at 1:29 pm #
  
  Hi there
  Yes, this freezes well. Just don’t freeze the yoghurt you serve it with.
  
  Warm regards
  Jenny, HFG editor
  
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