Why are hand-grated carrots better for a carrot cake than store-bought grated carrots? Why should you add flour to raisins before adding them to the batter? And what’s the secret ingredient for making moist carrot cake?
Professional cooking show producer Kiano Moju shares her tips and tricks for making a deliciously moist carrot cake in this 5-minute Tasty video from 2019. She also mixes in some food science.
Ingredients from the recipe include carrots, cinnamon, allspice, baking powder, baking soda, oil, brown sugar, granulated sugar—considered a wet ingredient, not dry—flour, eggs, vegetable oil, raisins, crushed pineapples, cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, salt, and nuts for decoration.
Watch these carrot videos next:
• Carrot Cake Parfait – From the Test Kitchen
• Making a French carrot salad in winter
• Why do carrots taste sweeter in the winter?
• Harvesting carrots with ski lift-style ‘toplift’ machines
Bonus: How To Be A Better Baker with Kiano Moju
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