Tacohuaco

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Ingredients

Yields 1 loaf

  • 270 g of all-purpose flour
  • 6 g of cinnamon
  • 3 g of nutmeg
  • 7 g of baking powder
  • 100 g of sugar
  • 100 g of brown sugar
  • 200 g of sunflower oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 220 g of carrots
    about 3 medium ones

You will need

  • mixer
  • oven
  • 21×10 cm baking form

Directions

  1. Warm up the oven to 160°C.
  2. In a medium-size bowl, mix all dry ingredients: } flour, cinnamon, 3 g of nutmeg, and 7 g of baking powder, using a whisk.
  3. In a big mixer bowl, mix 200 g of sunflower oil, 100 g of sugar and 100 g of sugar. using a mixer for at least 3–4 minutes.
  4. Mix in eggs, one by one.
  5. Mix in dry ingredients.
  6. Mix in carrots.
  7. Pour batter into a baking form.
  8. Bake for 35–65 minutes.

Notes & tips

Make sure carrots aren’t wet, otherwise, squeeze them to remove moisture.

Use a wooden toothpick to check the cake for readiness: insert it into the cake in several places, if the toothpick is dry, the cake is ready. If the top of the cake is getting to brown, cover it with tinfoil.