Chia Carrot Cake

Chia Carrot Cake

You'll adore this carrot cake with those chia seeds popping in your mouth and fragrant cloves and ginger.

Time 1 hour 15 mins

Ingredients:
Butter, for greasing
5 eggs
1 cup caster sugar
200 g melted butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract
310 g plain flour
1 1/2 tsp. bicarbonate soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
Pinch of salt
4 tbs. chia seeds
Pinch of ground clove
Pinch of ground ginger
120g ground walnuts
3 carrots, peeled and grated

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
If you are not using a non stick tin, grease a loaf or round spring form tin with a little butter followed by dusting with flour.
Whisk together the eggs, sugar, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Now add the dry ingredients including the chia seeds, clove and ginger. Whisk again until well combined. Fold in the nuts and carrots and pour into tin.
Bake in the oven for 45 minutes.
Cool in the tin for 15 minutes before removing and cooling completely on a wire rack.