Moms Cake

Here’s the cake that Baka de Busk got me dreaming of. I am not changing a thing and giving you the original recipe with options to play around with. Personally, I would experiment with the oil, maybe swapping it for coconut, olive, or butter. For the sugar, you could try using coconut sugar, agave, or honey. Have fun!

Banana-Carrot Cake

Ingredients:

  • 150 g of flour (special vete mjöl)

  • 1 teaspoon of baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon of baking soda

  • 1 Tablespoon of cinnamon

  • ½ teaspoon of salt

  • 150 g of Demerara sugar (Råsocker)

  • 2 eggs

  • 5 Tablespoon of corn oil

  • 1 banana

  • 2½ dl (1 cup) of grated carrots

Icing:

  • 3 Tablespoon of cream cheese

  • ½ teaspoon of vanilla

  • 2 Tablespoon of soft butter

  • 250 g of icing sugar

  • Mix all the dry ingredients together.

  • Then, add the eggs, the oil and the mashed bananas. At last, turn in the grated carrots.

  • Bake in a 20 cm baking tray for 40 minutes at 180°C.

  • In the meantime, beat together all the ingredients for the icing, to a smooth consistency.

Nicely contributed by Lone Lassen