Bolo de Cenoura com Chocolate (Carrot-Chocolate Cake)
Carrots does the heavy lifting here, with eggs rounding it out. A Brazilian snack that takes 60 minutes, start to finish.
✓ USDA-verified nutrition data
1086 calories
11g protein
124g carbs
62g fat
3g fiber
Ingredients
- 3 Carrots
- 3 Eggs
- 1 cup Vegetable oil
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2.5 cups Flour
- 1 tbsp Baking powder
- 7 oz Chocolate
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 0.25 cup Milk
Steps
- Blend the chopped carrots, eggs, oil, and sugar until completely smooth and vivid orange — the blender does the work of grating here, and the crumb stays impossibly moist.
- Whisk the flour and baking powder together, then fold in the carrot mixture just until combined. Overmixing makes a tough cake.
- Pour into a greased tube or Bundt pan and bake at 350°F for 40 to 45 minutes, until a tester comes out clean and the top springs back.
- For the brigadeiro-style glaze, melt the chocolate with the butter and milk, stirring until glossy and pourable.
- Pour the warm glaze over the cooled cake, letting it drip down the sides in thick rivulets.
- Slice and serve at room temperature. The combination of sunny carrot cake and dark chocolate glaze is pure Brazilian childhood.