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Starbucks Carrot Cake: The Original Ducane Recipe and Dietary Version

What could be better than a slice of fresh carrot cake with creamy icing and a cup of hot latte coffee? This kit can be ordered by visiting Starbucks. Juicy cake with nuts and golden raisins certainly causes salivation and does not leave indifferent any sweet tooth.

Carrot Cake and Coffee

Have you ever wondered how exactly the cooks of the famous coffee house make their most popular dessert? What is the secret? In this article we will analyze the recipe with a photo of Starbucks carrot cake and its dietary version. You can easily realize these recipes at home whenever you want.

Starbucks Carrot Cake

Below is a set of ingredients and a complete step-by-step recipe for 8-10 servings.

Ingredients for the base:

  • 3 eggs;
  • half a cup of unrefined cane sugar;
  • 2/3 cup light brown sugar;
  • one and a half cup sifted flour;
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder;
  • half a cup of sunflower oil;
  • 3/4 cup grated carrots;
  • half a cup of walnuts or hazelnuts;
  • half a cup of raisins;
  • half a teaspoon of cinnamon and ginger;
  • 1 pinch of salt.

Glaze Ingredients:

  • half a cup of soft butter;
  • 1 cup cream cheese;
  • 1/3 cup icing sugar;
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla (extract or powder).

Recipe Basics:

  1. Pre-crush the nuts with a knife or in a blender, and grate the carrots on a fine grater.
  2. Break the eggs into a large bowl, add cane and light brown sugar to them. Then whisk the mixture with a whisk.
  3. Stir in the sunflower oil, then add the flour and baking powder.
  4. Add spices (salt, cinnamon, ginger) and mix thoroughly.
  5. Add the grated carrots, nuts and raisins and continue to stir.
  6. Place the prepared mixture in a special baking dish, pre-oiled.
  7. Level the surface and bake the mixture for about 40 minutes in the oven, preheated to 170 degrees.
  8. In order to determine the readiness of the cake, pierce it with the tip of a knife - it should come out clean.
  9. Wait 5 minutes before removing the cake from the pan and place it on a platter to cool.

Glaze Recipe:

  1. In a large bowl, combine softened butter and cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla extract.
  2. Beat the mixture thoroughly with a whisk.

Final preparations:

  1. Once the base of the cake has cooled, take a small spatula and spread the creamy icing on top.
  2. In order to make the cake even juicier, you can divide the finished cake into two parts and alternately grease the layers with icing.
  3. Dried fruits, nuts or coconut can be used to decorate over the glaze.
  4. Enjoy the taste!
Carrot cake on a plate

Ready cake must be stored in the refrigerator.

Ducane Carrot Cake

The classic cake recipe is undoubtedly very tasty, but at the same time very high-calorie. For those who want to reduce weight or maintain a fit figure, it is better to give preference to the dietary version of Starbucks carrot cake. According to Ducan, you can use this recipe in order to diversify the menu in the final phases of consolidation and stabilization.

Ingredients:

  • 2 teaspoons of baking soda;
  • 200 g of grated carrots;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 100 ml of buttermilk or skim milk or yogurt;
  • half a teaspoon of cinnamon and ginger;
  • 150 g of oat bran;
  • a sweetener to taste (sucralose or stevia);
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Recipe:

  1. Separate the squirrels from the yolks and beat the squirrels to solid peaks.
  2. Then thoroughly beat the yolks with sweetener and add the buttermilk, vanilla, spices and soda.
  3. Stir the bran and grated carrots into the mixture, then gently add it to the egg whites.
  4. Pour the mixture into a pre-oiled baking dish.
  5. Bake the mixture at 170 degrees for 45 minutes.
Cream carrot cake

Icing can be made from the original recipe by mixing cottage cheese with juice and lemon zest and sweetener.

History reference

The origin of carrot cake is a controversial topic. Many historians believe that it comes from medieval carrot puddings that Europeans ate. In the Middle Ages, when sugar and sweeteners were expensive and hard to reach for most people, many used carrots as a sugar substitute.

Slice of carrot cake

One of the first recipes for carrot cake was printed back in 1827 in a French cookbook published in England. Another recipe of the century before last came from Switzerland. In this country, carrot cake is one of the most popular, especially for children's birthdays. The popularity of carrot cake was revived in the UK due to food rationing during World War II.

Conclusion

Now you have a secret recipe for Starbucks carrot cake that tastes as if it went straight from a coffee shop. If you are at the stage of weight loss or preparing for the beach season, use the second recipe - according to Ducane.

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