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Carrot Parsnip and Ginger Cake

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour 55 minutes
Total Time2 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 10 serves
Author: Gina @ The Passionate Pantry

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS FOR CAKE

  • 350 g white spelt flour or plain flour
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 2 tbls ground ginger
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • 2 tsp sea salt flakes or 1 tsp fine sea salt

  • 60 g fresh ginger peeled weight

  • 250 g raw carrot peeled weight, chopped into chunks
  • 250 g raw parsnip peeled weight, chopped into chunks

  • 6 x 60g eggs
  • 350 g honey
  • 250 g light olive oil
  • 2 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • Rind of 1 large orange

TOPPING

  • Half serve of white chocolate icing
  • 100 g crystallised ginger finely chopped

Instructions

  • Grease and line 22cm (base measurement) round cake tin and place onto baking tray
  • Preheat oven to 150 degrees fan forced, and place rack into middle of oven
  • Place flour, baking powder, ground ginger, mixed spice and salt into TM bowl and mix 10 seconds / speed 5, put aside into a large mixing bowl, do not clean TM bowl
  • Place ginger into TM bowl and chop 3 seconds / speed 7, scrape around bowl
  • Add carrot and parsnip to TM bowl and chop 5 seconds / speed 5, scrape around bowl and repeat 1 second / speed 5
  • Add the ginger, carrot and parsnip to flour mix and stir through until vegetables are well coated, do not clean TM bowl
  • Place eggs, honey, light olive oil, vanilla, and orange rind into TM bowl and blend 10 seconds / speed 5
  • Add wet mix to flour mix and stir through until everything is well incorporated
  • Place batter into cake tin (it will look quite full) and bake for 1 hour and 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into middle comes out clean (it takes exactly 1 hour and 55 minutes in my oven)
  • Remove cake from oven and allow to cool completely in baking tin
  • When cool, cover cake with white chocolate icing, then sprinkle top with chopped crystallised ginger
  • Allow icing to set for an hour before covering and storing cake at room temperature for up to three days