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Carrot and Oats Cake

By Chioma 10 Comments

carrot and oats cakeCarrot and Oats cake is filled with healthy stuff…from oats to carrots, yoghurt, milk, honey and lovely natural spices that gives it a flavoursome aroma. This is a snack that can be made to be enjoyed by the kids at home without much guilt.

Now, as much as we should indulge the kids with the sweet stuff…cakes, chocolates, biscuits and all, they should not be the main and everyday food for their growing bodies. Carrot and Oats Cake is indulgent but also healthy due to the inclusion of carrots, as well as oats which are vegetables and a healthy carbohydrate respectively. Yogurt is a good source of calcium as well as helping to give the cake a moist texture they’ll love.

This will be a good substitute for bread at breakfast and a healthier snack for the lunch box instead of the usual cakes, chocolates and pies. It is equally suitable to feed your toddler as a finger food.

Carrot and Oats Cake Recipe

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup oats (ground)
  • ¾ cup self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup grated carrots (about 3 medium carrots)
  • 2 tbsps sugar
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ cup plain yogurt
  • ¼ cup milk
  • ¼ tsp of ground nutmeg
  • ¼ tsp ground cloves
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ tsp salt

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 150 degrees Celsius.
  2. Put ground oats, flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and salt in a bowl and mix.
  3. Break the eggs, whisk and add the milk, honey and yogurt, then mix well together.
  4. Pour wet mixture into the dry ingredients bowl and gently mix with a spoon or spatula. Fold in the grated carrots too.
  5. Scoop into cake pan and place in the oven to bake for about 35 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clean.
  6. Allow to cool and serve.

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Filed Under: 1-3 years, All Recipes, Breakfast Recipes, Family Foods, Lunchbox Ideas, Snacks, Toddler Recipes & Family Foods

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Ifunanya says

    17th August 2016 at 12:49 pm

    Very lovely, is it possible to write the quantity in grams.

    Reply
    • Chioma says

      17th August 2016 at 2:30 pm

      Thanks Ifunanya. I use cups because that is what most people understand and have in Nigeria (though our cup is different).You can use a conversion chart like this to help you if you prefer grams https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/resources/conversion-tables/us-cups-conversion-table/

    • Ifunanya says

      17th August 2016 at 10:46 pm

      Thanks a lot.

  2. ify says

    15th December 2016 at 2:00 pm

    Hello chioma, I really love what are doing. Thanks for bringing new dimensions on how to handle our kids meal.
    Please is it possible to purée the carrots before adding it to the cake mixture.

    Reply
    • Chioma says

      16th December 2016 at 9:58 pm

      Hello Ify, thank you so much. Of course you can puree them, i thought i did mention it…probably i did on the facebook page where i shared a pureed version.

  3. Okwor Sonny chika says

    21st March 2017 at 1:19 am

    Hello Chioma, good day please in this recipe why is there no butter …. Thanks Chika

    Reply
    • Chioma says

      21st March 2017 at 4:02 pm

      Chika, I normally omit butter in my home baking for the kids.

    • Chioma says

      21st March 2017 at 4:04 pm

      Chika, i normally omit butter for some of my home baking for the kids whenever it makes sense to me.

  4. Ogoo says

    30th December 2017 at 11:29 am

    Hi Chioma, I have plain flour, how much baking powder do I add to it.

    Reply
    • Chioma says

      30th December 2017 at 6:12 pm

      Add 2 teaspoons to every 100g of flour.

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