Try this for breakfast – its allowed
Carrots were used in baking during the Middle ages for their sweetness.
Looking for an excuse to take a break from your New Year’s diet?
You’re in luck because today we celebrate carrot cake, a moist, sweet, spicy cake filled with shredded carrot and toasted nuts.
This delicious treat was invented in England during the Middle ages, made popular in the 60s and 70s in North America and can be enjoyed any time of the day.Carrots were used in baking during the Middle ages for their sweetness as sugar was expensive and hard to come by. This technique resurfaced during World War II when luxury food like sugar were heavily rationed.
Modern carrot cake as we know it was developed in North America where it became part of Western culture. America’s Food Network listed carrot cake as one of the top five fad foods of the 70s in 2005, while Radio Times named it favourite cake in the UK in 2011. Carrot cake is also favoured in Switzerland for children’s birthdays.
Carrot cake itself can be one of the healthier options as far as baked goods are concerned as they contain carrots, dried fruits, nuts, unrefined brown sugar and possibly wholemeal flour instead of white.
It’s moist texture is also responsible for a longer shelf life than other drier cakes. As for carrots themselves, they were first used as a medicine to treat various ailments. They are extremely high in Vitamin A, containing 200 per cent of an adults recommended daily dosage in just one carrot.. Commonly known as being orange, carrots can also be yellow, red, white, or purple.
Carrot cake can be used as a theme in many popular dishes across all meal types. For breakfast you can have carrot cake doughnuts, pancakes, waffles, scones, cinnamon rolls or granola. For other meals and desserts you can have carrot cake sandwiches, salads, soups, pastas, ice cream, cookies, marshmallows, brownies, truffles, cheesecakes, milkshakes, jams, dips and even cocktails.
Recipes
Carrot Cake Cocktails
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