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Carrot Ginger Tea Cake With Lime Glaze

Here's how you make Carrot Ginger Tea Cake With Lime Glaze
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  • Servings: 10
  • Prep: 40m
  • Cook: 45m
    • The following recipe serves 10 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1/4 cup melted butter (plus about 1 teaspoon softened butter for pan)
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (plus more for pan)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup oil (canola oil)
  • 59 grams carrot juice (1/4 cup)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tablespoons grated ginger root (fresh, finely grated, use a box grater or microplane).
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots (coarsely shredded, from about 3 medium orange carrots, peeled)
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • Lime zest (from 1/2 lime)
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice (plus about 1 teaspoon)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter an 8 inch square or round pan, line bottom with parchment paper, and butter it. flour inside of pan, tapping out excess. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 1/2 cups flour, the baking powder, ground ginger, baking soda, and salt.

  • Step 2: In a large bowl, whisk granulated sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter, the oil, carrot juice, eggs, and fresh ginger until combined. Add flour mixture and whisk just until smooth. Stir in carrots and scrape batter into pan.

  • Step 3: Bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cake cool in pan on a rack 10 minutes. Run a paring knife around edges to loosen, then turn out onto rack. Turn right side up and let cool completely, at least 1 3/4 hours.

  • Step 4: In a small bowl, stir together powdered sugar, lime zest, and 1 tablespoon lime juice until smooth. Add more lime juice (about 1 teaspoon) for a thick, flowing texture. Drizzle over cake.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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