Carrot cake recipes are often a bit difficult to follow and take a long time to bake.
But if you follow a recipe from Becky Abbott of the Air Frying Foodie blog, you’ll have “delicious carrot cake in no time without heating up the kitchen,” as she recommends using an air fryer instead of an oven.
Becky said: “This classic carrot cake recipe makes a tasty and moist cake in just 25 minutes in the air pressure cooker.”
Although this recipe does not include typical raisins or sultanas, they can be added as an optional extra.
With eight servings, this cake only takes five minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
Ingredients
One cup of all-purpose flour
One teaspoon of baking soda
One teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Half a teaspoon of ground nutmeg
Half a cup of vegetable oil or canola oil
A quarter of a cup of orange juice
Half a cup of sugar
Half a cup of brown sugar
One teaspoon of vanilla
Two big eggs
One and a half cups peeled and grated carrots
Method
In a medium bowl, start by combining the dry ingredients – flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk or beat the sugar, brown sugar, eggs and a teaspoon of vanilla extract. Once combined, add the oil and orange juice, then slowly add to the dry mixture until well combined.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure all the ingredients are incorporated, then mix on medium speed until you have a smooth batter.
Then fold in the grated carrot and, if using, add a half cup of walnuts, a quarter cup of raisins, or optional shredded coconut. Continue mixing until all ingredients are well combined.
Next, prepare an eight-inch round cake pan by lining the bottom of the pan with a circle of parchment paper. Then spray, grease or lightly grease the sides of the pan.
After that, pour the carrot cake batter into a lightly greased or lined cake tin, set the air pressure cooker to 160 degrees and bake in the air for 20 minutes.
Cover the cake with foil and then continue to air bake for another five minutes until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.
Allow the prepared cake to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting the cake with cream cheese frosting.
