Winter is the season of sweet, juicy Red Carrots. And they taste great in almost everything. Gajar ka Halwa is a very common dessert that everyone makes during this time of the year with the red carrots, and this cake is an excellent transformation of Gajar ka Halwa in a cake form. This cake is the adoption from the original Gajar ka Halwa Cake recipe which was shared by my dear friend Pratyusha Banerjee who is a very talented baker by herself. She shared the recipe with me years ago. But somehow baking this cake never happened earlier, when I got this season’s first red carrots a few days back, and I was thinking of making a Carrot Cake, suddenly I remembered about this recipe, then I checked the ingredients and realized I’ve everything to bake the cake. I didn’t wait anymore, whisked and baked the cake, and it turned out so good that I baked another loaf on the next day and gifted to a friend who was visiting us, she also loved it. This moist, aromatic Gajar ka Halwa Cake has all the ingredients that we use in Gajar ka Halwa. So, you can imagine the actual taste and flavours, don’t miss baking it. And if you’re trying this recipe, do share your experience with me. 🙂
Gajar ka Halwa Cake/Carrot Halwa Cake
This moist, aromatic Gajar ka Halwa Cake has all the ingredients that we use in Gajar ka Halwa. So, you can imagine the actual taste and flavours, don’t miss baking it.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup- All-purpose flour/Maida
- 3- Carrots (100g net weight after grating)
- 1- Egg
- ½ tsp- Baking soda
- A pinch- Salt
- ¼ cup + 3 tbsp- Caster sugar/Powdered sugar (brown or white)
- ¼ cup- Milk
- 1/3 cup- Dry fruits (sliced almonds, cashew nuts, and raisins)
- 2 tbsp- Khoya/Mawa/Dried milk solids
- 6- Green cardamoms (discard the peels and grind the seeds to a fine powder by using the mortar-pestle)
- 2 tbsp- Ghee/Clarified butter
Instructions
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Before I start, all the ingredients were at room temperature.
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Prepare a 6” round cake pan or loaf pan by greasing with oil and place a piece of baking paper at the bottom of the pan.
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Mix the grated carrots with sugar, and keep aside for minimum 15 minutes. I did this step at the beginning then moved ahead further.
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Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl. Then whisk egg and ghee in a separate bowl, to this add the dry mixture in two batches. Keep mixing and start adding the milk slowly. Whisk until a lump-free batter forms.
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Add the grated carrots along with all the syrup it would release within the batter preparation time. Next to add the grated mawa, and dry fruits. Mix well, transfer the batter to the prepared pan.
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Preheat the oven to 175 degrees C. Tap the cake pan gently on kitchen counter a couple of times to release the air bubbles. Bake for 40 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
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Cool the cake in the pan for 15 minutes and then run a sharp knife around the edges of the pan and carefully remove the cake. Turn onto a cooling rack and leave there until cool completely.
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When cooled slice, serve, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- This recipe can easily be doubled as per your need.
- If you’re making a Bigger cake (that is by doubling the ingredients), bake the cake for 60 minutes or until it passed the skewer test. During the baking time when the cake browns perfectly on top (after 40 minutes or so), cover the top loosely with a piece of Aluminium foil until it is fully baked. It helps to prevent from over browning on the top. Use powder of the seeds from 10 green cardamom for a bigger cake.
- Keep rest of the cake slices refrigerated and consume within 4-5 days.
Awesome
Recipe is too good
Thanks for the recipe
Hi Smita, Pleasure is all mine. 🙂
Hello Chandrima. Big fan of your baking. Kindly suggest if it can be baked without mawa as it is not available here.
Hi Mona, You can use milk powder to make instant mawa and then you can use it for the cake.
Hi..can u pls mention ingredients in grams ?…also can i add milk powder as it is ?
Hi, You can always convert cups to grams by using the conversion charts available online. You cannot add milk powder directly to the batter, that would create a different cake/recipe.
Hi, is there any option to make it eggless..,?
Hi Priyanka, not for this one. I wish to come up with an eggless version of this recipe in the future.
An absolutely delicious cake. It tastes so much like gajar ka halwa! And it’s not too sweet either. A definite keeper.
Hi Shimona, I’m glad to hear that you liked the recipe, Happy Baking! 🙂
Hello ,Could u plz tell me how much is 100 GM’s grated carrots in cups?
Hi Deb, For any type of conversion please refer to the Conversion Charts available online.