This carrot cake loaf with walnuts is perfect for breakfast, picnics, or afternoon snacks. Flavored with mixed spices, the carrots are combined with walnuts to give an extra crunch. Baked in a bread pan, it is moist and crunchy at the same time; no need to add any frosting. So easy to make, it is the perfect way to use up carrots for a quick healthy delight.

Carrot cake loaf on a cutting board cut into slices

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📋Carrot Cake Loaf With Walnuts

This recipe is more a carrot bread than a cake. Baked in a loaf pan, it can be cut into square slices and eaten like a piece of bread.

You often see carrot cake with a thick layer of frosting, but I don't think it is necessary, especially since carrots are naturally sweet.

It seems like carrot cakes originate from the Medieval time when carrots were used instead of sugar.

If you want more breakfast loaf recipes, you can find the Healthy Italian Ricotta Cake (no butter) or the coconut orange cake.

Ingredients

Butter at room temperature
Caster sugar
Fresh eggs
Grated carrots
Chopped walnuts
Flour
Baking powder
1 ½ teaspoon mixed spices

NB: Mixed spices are a specific spice you easily find in the Uk and Ireland. If you cannot find it in your country, you can mix 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon minced cloves, and ¼ of nutmeg.

Ingredients for the carrot cake loaf with names

Instructions

Preparing the batter

With an electrical blender, whip the butter (room temperature) with the sugar until it becomes creamy.

Add the three eggs, one at the time

Grate the peeled carrots and mix them with the chopped walnuts

Carrot and walnuts mixed with flour and spices

Add the flour sifted with baking powder and spices to the carrots.

Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture and combine

Butter and coat with flour a bread loaf baking pan

Spreading the batter uniformly into the loaf pan

Pour the batter into the pan and spread it uniformly

Bake in a hot oven at 355 F - 180 C for one hour

Once it is ready, let it cool down for 10 minutes

Carrot bread cooling down a cutting board

Remove from the pan and place on a cutting board to cool down completely

Hint: do not remove it from the pan immediately otherwise, it will break. Although, remove it from the pan to cool down completely so the steam is released and the loaf forms a nice crunchy crust.

Carrot bread cooling down on a cutting board

Storage

Store this loaf in an airtight container; it will keep for 3 to 4 days.

Because this cake is shaped like a bread loaf, it can be easily packed in a school lunch box or for a picnic.

I like to make it for Easter Monday when we go for a hike in the Alps and a picnic.

Carroy cake with walnuts served on a plate

Equipment

While you can make this cake without any special electrical equipment, these tools will make the process much easier:

Braun blender: if you do not have an electrical blender, you can use a grater to grate the carrots and break the walnuts with your hands
Electrical Mixer: you can whisk the butter and the sugar with a hand whisk
Measuring mugs and Mini Measuring Set or a scale to measure the ingredients
Loaf Bread Baking Pan
Baking Utensil Set

Top tips

What makes this cake nicely moist and fluffy is the whipping of the butter with the sugar. Make sure it is nice and foaming before you add the eggs.
Add one egg at a time to make sure they are well combined
Mixed spices are a specific spice you easily find in the Uk and Ireland. If you cannot find it in your country, you can mix 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon minced cloves, and ¼ of nutmeg.
Once you add the flour sifted with the baking powder, you need to bake the cake right after otherwise, you risk compromising the rising of the baking powder.
Do not remove it from the pan immediately otherwise; it will break. Although, remove it from the pan to cool down completely so the steam is released and the loaf forms a nice crunchy crust.

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