Carrot Cake Bread

I am so excited about this recipe! Carrot cake is such a classic and I love all the spices you can add to it to make it even more delicious. I used a mix of ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg to really enhance the flavour of this recipe and topped it with a creamy vanilla icing.

Ingredients 

• 1 medium carrot, grated
• 2 medium ripe bananas, mashed
• 2 eggs (can use flax seed to make it vegan)
• 1/2 cup soy milk
• 1/3 cup ground almonds
• 1/3 cup maple syrup
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cup wholemeal bread flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/3 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees celsius and line a 1lb loaf tin with either baking paper or coconut oil to grease it. You can also buy silicon tins that work really well too!
2. In a bowl, mash the banana, whisk the eggs, and add the milk, maple syrup and vanilla. Then add the cinnamon, ginger, salt and nutmeg.
3. Add the flour, ground almonds, desiccated coconut and baking powder to the bowl and mix until combined. Fold in the grated carrot. If you’re using chopped walnuts, add those too!
4. Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 30-40 minutes until knife comes out clean.

For the vanilla icing

• 2 cups of icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• water

1. Mix the icing sugar and vanilla extract in a bowl, and gradually add water until you achieve your desired consistency.
2. Ice the bread once the bread is completely cool and top with a dusting of cinnamon (optional)