The Ultimate Carob Cake
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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for cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 cup carob powder (I swear by Chatfield brand)
- 1⁄2 cup canola oil
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup boiling water, with
- 2 teaspoons instant coffee
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for icing
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable shortening
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
directions
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For cake:
- Put oven on to 350°. Grease and flour two 8-inch cake pans.
- In a large bowl, mix together first five (dry) ingredients. Make well in bowl for wet ingredients.
- In a separate medium bowl, mix together oil, milk and eggs. Pour into the well in dry ingredients.
- As you begin to beat the batter, add the cup of hot coffee. Beat until well mixed then for two minutes on high.
- Pour into prepared pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick placed in center comes out dry.
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Cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and continue to cool on racks until completely cooled. Finish by icing with Buttercream that follows:
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For Icing:
- Cream butter and shortening with mixer. Add vanilla extract.
- Gradually add confectioners' sugar while continually beating with mixer. Icing will seem dry.
- Add milk continually, mixing and scraping sides of bowl, until icing appears light and right consistancy for icing cake.
- Cover until you are ready to icing.
- Makes about 3 cups.
Questions & Replies
Reviews
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I've never tried a recipe without ratings on this site. I was making this as a birthday present for someone who's allergic to chocolate and really misses it. I'm glad I decided to trust your recipe and be the first one to give feedback. In my oven, it took like 45 mins. instead of 30, but well worth the wait. The cake is super moist and the flavor is just perfect. Very lovely texture. I wanted to make it a "super carob cake" so I made my own carob frosting with cream cheese and butter instead of your icing. But the cake alone deserves 5 stars. Thanks Feingold Mom! I'll checking out more of your recipes. PS.: I agree with FM and also recommend Chatfield's carob for this recipe.
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This is a beautiful moist cake! My son has food allergies, so I replaced the milk with oat milk and the baking powder with baking soda (so 4 tsp of baking soda). I also left off the frosting and just dusted it with pure icing sugar. Also really yummy served warm with pear halves and drizzled with maple syrup!
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Tweaks
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This is a beautiful moist cake! My son has food allergies, so I replaced the milk with oat milk and the baking powder with baking soda (so 4 tsp of baking soda). I also left off the frosting and just dusted it with pure icing sugar. Also really yummy served warm with pear halves and drizzled with maple syrup!
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I've never tried a recipe without ratings on this site. I was making this as a birthday present for someone who's allergic to chocolate and really misses it. I'm glad I decided to trust your recipe and be the first one to give feedback. In my oven, it took like 45 mins. instead of 30, but well worth the wait. The cake is super moist and the flavor is just perfect. Very lovely texture. I wanted to make it a "super carob cake" so I made my own carob frosting with cream cheese and butter instead of your icing. But the cake alone deserves 5 stars. Thanks Feingold Mom! I'll checking out more of your recipes. PS.: I agree with FM and also recommend Chatfield's carob for this recipe.
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I am a homeschooling mother of 8. We have chickens, goats and emus, as well as a year round veggie garden.
My children help me cook most of the time, so I tend to look for recipes that are kid friendly and don't take a ton of time to prep.
We are a mostly Feingold/Organic family and my main focus is good for you foods, but easy to make with a flair or twist.
I experiment a lot with known recipes and I have come up with some amazing ones over the years and love to share with others.
My ultimate cake right now is the german chocolate carob cake. My goal in life was to find the perfect sticky toffee pudding recipe. I have now found it in Carol's Sticky Toffee Pudding. This is the most amazing dessert (next to my carob cake) I've ever tasted.