Not everyone has access to an oven such as those in dorm rooms, barracks, and van lifers. I’ve seen studio apts without them too but pretty much everybody has access to electricity, even if only off a generator. So here’s a comfort dessert, carrot cake that doesn’t require you to have an oven to enjoy it.
Carrot Cake
Carrot Cake For One in the oven or the Instant Pot
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp butter melted
- 1 egg yolk
- ⅛ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup flour
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp ginger
- ⅛ tsp nutmeg
- ⅛ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp milk
- ¼ cup carrots grated
Optional
- 1 tbsp nuts walnut, pecans
- 1 tbsp chocolate chips
Frosting
- 1 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tbsp butter softened
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 ~ If using the Instant Pot, place trivet inside pot and add 1 to 2 cups of water to the bottom depending on the side pot you have
- Grease and flour a 10-inch ramekin
- With a fork (or hand mixer), whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and spices
- In a separate bowl using a fork (or hand mixer), whisk together sugar, butter, yolk and vanilla until smooth
- Slowly add the dry to the wet mixing thoroughly between additions
- Add the milk and mix until smooth
- Fold in the carrots and any additions
- Bake in the over for 25-30 minutes
- For Instant Pot ~ Cover the ramekin very tightly with a double layer of foil, making sure there are no holes where steam could sneak in. Place ramekin on trivet, lock lid and set to high pressure for 35 minutes, do a quick release when done
- Pull cake, remove from ramekin and allow to cool completely
Frosting
- Mix together cream cheese and butter until smooth
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla and mix until smooth, cream, thoroughly combined
- Spread on cake
- For extra decor ~ Top with any carrot remnants you have from grating
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Nutrition
Calories: 999kcalCarbohydrates: 115gProtein: 9gFat: 57gSaturated Fat: 30gCholesterol: 316mgSodium: 816mgSugar: 85gCalcium: 183mgIron: 2mg
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