Bakery

Jowar Carrot Cake

Posted on by Vijaya Venkatesh
Cooks in: 60 Minutes Serves: 4 People

300th Post! When I started this website, never thought that I will be sharing so many recipes with millets! Almost all recipes are immediately tried and validated by many of you I and regularly share them in the Millet Table FB Page. This is the proof that the recipes work for everyone. Each and every validation is very close to my heart. I recently started Millet Table Youtube Channel also which is steadily growing. This has been a wonderful journey and I have learnt so much. Thanks all of you for the wonderful support and you all motivate me to share more and more! To celebrate this small achievement, today I am sharing a cake recipe!

Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup Jowar Flour
  • 1 Cup Almond Flour
  • 1 Cup Banana Puree
  • 1 Cup Grated Carrot
  • 1/2 Cup Nattu Sarkarai/Brown Sugar/Jaggery Powder
  • 1/2 Cup Water/Milk
  • 3 Tbsp Oil
  • 3 Tbsp Flaxseed Powder
  • 6 Tbsp Water (for making flaxseed gel)
  • 1/2 Tsp each (Salt, Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cinnamon Powder)
  • 10 Almonds (thinly sliced)

Directions:

  1. Dry roast Jowar flour on low heat till nice aroma. Let it cool down completely.
  2. In a wide bowl, add flaxseed powder and water to make gel. Resting the gel for 5 minutes is desirable. Add oil, sugar, banana puree and mix well.
  3. Add salt, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon powder. Mix well. Now add flours and carrots. Mix well. Add water /milk. Combine everything well.
  4. Grease a cake tin and dust with jowar flour. Pour the prepared cake batter. Tap to remove air. Sprinkle the sliced almonds on top.
  5. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees. Place the tin and bake for 50 to 60 minutes. The timing may vary with ovens. So check after 50 minutes by inserting a toothpick. If it comes out clean, then remove. Otherwise bake for some more time.
  6. Once done, remove, demould and cool it on a wire rack.

Note:

  • Butter can be used instead of oil.
  • Adjust water/milk qty depending on the batter consistency. Add little at a time to avoid runny batter.

18 Comments

  2. Hi. What can I use in place of carrots ? Since I don’t want to do a carrot cake but plain vanilla walnut cake.
    TIA

  3. Hello, if I want to use eggs instead of flax powder, how many should I use? Thanks

    1. Hi sorry since I’m vegetarian, I’ve never used eggs so I’m not sure

  4. Hi Vijaya yr recipe sounds interesting. However I would like to use some egg in it. Pl let me know how many n what I would need to delete in place of that. Thank you very much

  5. Hi there,
    The recipe looks good to try.
    Can banana be replaced with anything else?
    Thanks in Advance.

  6. Hi Priti,
    Thank you for sharing the recipe. Please let me know if I can replace the almond flour with something as my child has a nut allregy.

    1. Hi Radha,
      You can replace almond flour with besan. It should work. It’s a guess only! By the way, am not Priti, I’m Vijaya! 🙂

    2. Hi Radha

      If u want this cake to remain gluten-free due to gluten allergies, you can use rice flour instead of almond flour.

      Else, if gluten/wheat intolerance is not an issue, you can use sooji/rawa (bigger grain rawa) or even wholewheat flour (regular atta) These will work better than besan, as besan has a stronger smell.

      🙂

    1. Hi Priti,
      The cake looks very delicious!! Thanks so much for sharing your experience. Will share the picture soon in the FB page as a validation post.

    2. Hi Priti, thanks so much for sharing the gorgeous picture ❤️ . I’ve published it in the millettable fb page. Unable to tag you. Please check the page whenever time permits. Thankyou!

    1. Hi Seetha,
      You may use other millet flours but adjust the water qty accordingly.

  9. Any replacement for almond flour?
    How to make almond flour at home

    1. Hi Jayanthi,
      You can just pulsate some almonds a couple of times in a mixie to get almond flour/powder. Don’t run the mixie not more than 30 seconds at a time. Just give short pulses.

    2. Hi Jayanthi,

      If u want this cake to remain gluten-free, you can use rice flour instead of almond flour.
      Else, if gluten/wheat is not an issue, you can use sooji/rawa (bigger grain rawa) or even wholewheat flour (regular atta) These will work better than besan, as besan has a stronger smell.

      🙂