🥕 Carrot Cake
Ingredients
2½ cups plain flour
1½ cups cooking oil
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup light brown sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup white sugar
1 tsp salt
4 large eggs
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp vanilla extract
½ tsp ground nutmeg
3 cups grated carrots
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a baking pan.
In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
In another bowl, beat eggs, oil, sugars, and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients to the wet mixture and stir well.
Fold in grated carrots.
Pour into pan and bake 35–45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool before frosting (optional cream cheese frosting).
🍌 Banana Cake
Ingredients
1½ cups milk
3 large eggs
2½ tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups plain flour
⅔ cup butter (softened)
1½ tsp baking soda
½ cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
¼ tsp salt
1⅓ cups mashed bananas
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease a cake pan.
Mix milk and lemon juice; let sit 5 minutes.
Cream butter and sugars until fluffy.
Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Stir in mashed bananas.
In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt.
Add dry ingredients to batter alternating with milk mixture.
Bake 30–40 minutes until golden and set.
🥒 Zucchini Cake
Ingredients
2 cups plain flour
1½ tsp baking powder
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup brown sugar
½ tsp salt
½ cup sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 large eggs
2 cups shredded zucchini
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
In another bowl, whisk eggs, oil, sugars, and vanilla.
Combine wet and dry mixtures.
Fold in shredded zucchini.
Pour into pan and bake 35–45 minutes.
Cool before slicing.
🎃 Pumpkin Cake
Ingredients
2 cups plain flour
½ tsp fine sea salt
1½ cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup cooking oil
2 tsp baking powder
15 oz (about 425 g) pumpkin purée
2 tsp ground cinnamon
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
In another bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin purée.
Combine both mixtures and stir until smooth.
Pour into a greased pan.
Bake 35–45 minutes until fully set.
🍠 Sweet Potato Cake
Ingredients
1 cup brown sugar
⅔ cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 cup cooking oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
2¾ cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 tbsp cinnamon
½ tsp ginger
½ tsp nutmeg
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes
Method
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
In another bowl, beat eggs, sugars, oil, vanilla, and mashed sweet potatoes.
Combine dry and wet ingredients until smooth.
Pour into a greased pan.
Bake 40–50 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Tip: All these cakes pair well with simple cream cheese frosting (cream cheese + butter + powdered sugar + vanilla).
