Carrot cake with dried apricots

Until you try a truly successful carrot cake, the presence of carrots in sweet pastries will seem strange. This carrot cake recipe with dried apricots will dispel all your doubts. The texture of the cake is dense and oily, the aroma is delicate, the taste is moderately sweet, the color is beautiful, yellow-orange, interspersed with carrots and pieces of dried apricots.

Ingredients

• Carrot - 150 g
• Dried apricots - 60 g
• Sunflower oil - 130 ml
• Eggs - 3 pcs.
• Sugar - 150 g
• Flour - 200 g (1.5 cups with a capacity of 200 ml)
• Baking powder - 1.5 tsp

Directions

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients.
2. Turn on the oven to preheat to 180 degrees.
3. In a bowl, combine eggs with sugar.
4. Beat with a mixer at high speed until fluffy dense foam (minutes 2-3).
5. Then pour in sunflower oil. Beat for another 10-15 seconds
6. Mix flour with baking powder and sift into a bowl with a liquid base.
7. Mix with a mixer on low speed to a smooth dough.
8. Cut the dried apricots into small cubes.
9. Grate the peeled carrots on a fine grater.
10. Put the carrots and dried apricots into the dough.
11. Mix the ingredients into the dough with a spatula.
12. Put the carrot dough in a baking dish (I use a round silicone mold with a notch, do not grease it with anything).
13. Bake the carrot cake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 45 minutes.
14. Remove the baked cake from the mold and let it cool completely.
15. Carrot cake with dried apricots is ready to serve.