Eggless Carrot Cheesecake

WHOLE WHEAT CARROT CHEESECAKE

Hello bakers, 

Have you baked any loaf from my blog yet? I hope you liked eggless banana loaf that I have shared earlier, as much as I did, Do you like carrots? If yes then you will love this recipe, today I'm presenting a beautiful Eggless carrot cheesecake which is so decadent with cream cheese frosting and divine in taste. I love sweets made from carrots very much like carrot fudge, carrot cake, carrot halwa which is very easy to make and tasty too. Using carrots in a loaf cake gives extra moisture, more flavour and vibrant colour.

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Carrots are great for weight watchers and great for desserts as it is a low-calorie food. There are types of carrots red, orange, yellow, deep purple, and white which are commonly found in the market and I mostly use orange carrots because it has a high level of beta-carotene which is good for healthy vision and less sweet than red carrots and also in most of the countries, carrots tend to be orange and is easily available throughout the year, there is a reason behind why orange carrots are easily available, according to nextnature.net in the 17th century, Dutch growers cultivated orange carrots as a tribute to William of Orange - who led the struggle for Dutch Independence. Want to learn more click here.

But if you cannot find orange carrots you can also use red carrots. Red carrots are grown predominately in northern parts of India. I used to eat red carrots in desserts when I was in India especially in gazar ka halwa which is a most popular Indian sweet dish of the winter season.

Let's dive into a recipe of delicious Eggless Carrot cheesecake which is made up of whole wheat flour, ground walnut, brown sugar and yoghurt all this hearty combination gives amazing texture and nutty flavor. If you are wondering without an egg the cake will be spongy or not, then I'll let you know using yoghurt makes your cake fluffy as well as super moist.

Ingredients

•  1 cup grated carrot
•  200 gms whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
•  1/4 cup pure honey
• 1 tsp cinnamon powder
• 1/4th tsp nutmeg powder
•  1 cup yoghurt 
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
•  1/2 ground walnuts for earthy flavour ( optional)
•  1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup pistachios for garnish

For cream cheese frosting

• 100 gms Philadelphia cream cheese
• 1/2 lemon juice
• 70 gms icing sugar
• 25 gms unsalted butter

Directions

1. Preheat the oven at 180°C. 

2. Grease the 9" loaf baking tin

3. Take a large mixing bowl sieve together all the dry ingredients whole wheat flour, ground walnuts, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg. Mix well

3. In another bowl, whisk together yoghurt, sugar, vanilla extract. Now mix until sugar dissolved completely and looks creamy. 

4. Now fold the wet ingredients slowly into dry ingredients, add in milk if required and mix well with the help of a hand whisk. ( Do not hesitate to add more milk if the batter is too thick).

5. Now add carrots and mix gently until well combined.

6. Into the prepared 9" loaf tin pour the batter.

7. Place the loaf tin into the preheated oven for 45 minutes at 180°C.

8. Take out the loaf tin and keep it aside to cool down completely on the wire rack.

9. Meanwhile, take another bowl for making cream cheese frosting, into a bowl add in room temperature cream cheese, butter and whisk with the help of hand whisk. Now shift icing sugar slowly in batches and whisk until shiny and creamy. 

10. Generously, spread the cream frosting onto the carrot loaf and garnish with crushed unsalted pistachios.

11. Cut it into slices and serve with fresh fruits or with a cup of ice tea.

Variation & alternatives are endless

This is an amazing recipe with various alternatives you can customize as you want :

🔹 You can choose any kind of liquid like skimmed milk, buttermilk, oil, butter, margarine, plant-based milk, kefir.

🔹 You can use any kind of sugar like brown, white, coconut, maple syrup, or honey.

🔹 You can substitute yoghurt with an egg or without egg.

🔹 You can add any groundnut flour of your choice ( Almonds, Pistachios, Walnuts, Cashews). I like the earthy flavour of walnuts so I prefer walnuts usually in a loaf cake.

TIPS AND SERVING SUGGESTIONS

• For better texture use finely grated carrots.
• You can also add carrot juice for more flavour and extra moistness.
• You can substitute butter with margarine and walnuts with other nuts.
• You can also cover the top of the bread with crushed pistachios.
• You can consume and store carrot cheesecake for up to 4 days in an airtight container

You might also like

• Banana Blueberry Loaf
• Apple walnut loaf
• Eggless banana bread

Did you try out this recipe?

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Cheers !!!