Carrot bread with chocolate cover is a delightful twist on traditional carrot cake, combining the moist, spiced flavor of carrot cake with a decadent chocolate glaze. This sweet treat is perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert, and is sure to impress your family and friends. Here’s a detailed description:
To make carrot bread with chocolate cover, you start by mixing together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, sugar, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract until well combined. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined. Fold in grated carrots and chopped walnuts or pecans, if desired.
Pour the batter into a greased loaf pan and bake in a preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. While the bread is baking, prepare the chocolate glaze by melting chocolate chips and butter together in a double boiler or microwave. Stir until smooth and set aside to cool slightly.
Once the bread has cooled, remove it from the pan and place it on a wire rack. Pour the chocolate glaze over the top of the bread, allowing it to drip down the sides. Spread the glaze evenly with a spatula, if necessary.
Allow the glaze to set before slicing and serving the carrot bread. The combination of moist carrot bread and rich chocolate glaze is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
- 3 carrots
- 3 eggs
- 3/4 cups of oil
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- 1 1/2 cups of sugar
- 1 tablespoon of baking powder
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup powdered chocolate
- 1/4 cups of cow’s milk
- 50 grams of butter
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Add carrots, eggs, and oil to a blender and blend for at least 5 minutes. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar and baking powder.
Pour the carrot puree into the dry ingredients mixture. Place in an 8-inch cake pan and bake for 45 minutes.
For the frosting, just mix sugar, chocolate powder, milk, butter in a saucepan and mix well. When it starts to boil, wait 1 minute and turn off the heat.
Pour the chocolate mixture over the carrot cake.