Healthy Currant Carrot Loaf Recipe
Ingredients
- olive or canola oil spray
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup currants
- 3 medium carrots, grated
- 1 cup reduced-fat milk
- 1 egg
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Method
- Preheat oven to 190ºC (170ºC fan forced).
- Lightly spray a 20cm loaf tin with oil.
- Sift flours into a medium sized bowl, returning the husk remaining in the sieve to the bowl. Add sugar, currants and carrot. Mix well to combine.
- Measure milk in a medium bowl and mix in egg, oil and vanilla.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir to mix.
- Spoon combined ingredients into the prepared tin and bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Cool in the tin then turn out onto wire rack.
Hint
Store in an airtight container in a cool place. Best eaten within 3 days of baking.
This loaf can be frozen.
Use other dried fruit such as sultanas, chopped dates, dried cranberries or dried apricots instead of currants.
Individually wrap slices for a healthy lunch box treat.
This recipe contains 1 1/3 tsp of added sugar per serving
Healthy tip!
Having a party? Serve vegie sticks and water crackers with salsa rather than high-fat chips and dips.
Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 652 kJ | 844 kJ |
| 156 Cal | 202 Cal | |
| Protein | 4.1 g | 5.4 g |
| Fat, total | 2.7 g | 3.5 g |
| — saturated | 0.6 g | 0.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 27.6 g | 35.7 g |
| — sugars | 11.5 g | 14.9 g |
| Sodium | 178.7 mg | 231.3 mg |
| Fibre | 2.8 g | 3.6 g |
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Comments (5)
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Surprisingly, It's very delicious ! The outer crust makes it so addictive. Sliced, toasted & eat with butter.
Martha G
Posted on: 26 Jul 21 -
Hi Jeanette, The currant carrot loaf is a bit of a cross between cake and bread - so a crusty outer section is ideal! Cheers, G.
LiveLighter
Posted on: 31 May 18 -
I found that the outer part of the cake came up quite firm. Not sure if this is suppose to happen?
Anonymous
Posted on: 25 May 18 -
very tasty
Anonymous
Posted on: 22 Aug 17 -
Very nice, actually better than expected. I used sultanas as that was in the cupboard. My partner who is a sook when it comes to eating "a cake with a vegetable in it" even gave it ago and like it.
Anonymous
Posted on: 08 Oct 14
