Carrot Cake for Careful People
- 6 12 fluid ounces oil (use whatever healthy oil you have, the taste won't stand out much)
- 34 cup unbleached cane sugar
- 2 tablespoons blackstrap molasses (you can use fancy)
- 1 cup water
- 12 cup unseweetened soymilk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 23 cups whole wheat flour
- 34 cup oat flour
- 13 cup rye flour
- 14 cup buckwheat flour (gray, white or yellow)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 12 teaspoon salt
- 1 12 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon allspice
- 12 teaspoon clove
- 12 teaspoon nutmeg
- 12 teaspoon ginger
- 3 cups carrots (grated, packed but not too tightly)
- 1 cup dates (chopped)
- 23 cup unsweetened dried shredded coconut
- Preheat your oven to 350F.
- Oil and flour a 9"X13" cake pan.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar, molasses, water, soymilk and vanilla.
- In a large bowl, sift together the flours, baking powder and soda, salt and spices.
- Pour the liquid mixture in the dry one and very rougly combine.
- It is perfect if there are still big wet spots and big dry spots.
- Add the carrots, dates and coconut and mix until well combined.
- Pour the batter in the pan.
- It will be thick, so you must equalize it with a spatula.
- Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the cake in the pan to cool on a rack for about 30 minutes, then cut in squares, unmold and cool the pieces on the rack overnight, or 6-12 hours.
- Eat!
oil, cane sugar, molasses, water, soymilk, vanilla, whole wheat flour, flour, rye flour, buckwheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, clove, nutmeg, ginger, carrots, dates, coconut
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/carrot-cake-for-careful-people-402112 (may not work)