Carrot Cake with Pineapple Honey Mustard Sauce
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Category
Dessert
Author:
Janice Smella with SmellaQue
Servings
8
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
1 hour
Ingredients
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3/4 cup vegetable oil
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1/4 cup sour cream
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3/4 cup brown sugar
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1 tbsp molasses
- 3 egg
- 250g carrots, peeled and grated (2 cups)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
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1 tsp ground cinnamon
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1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
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1/4 teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- whipped cream
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 6 tablespoons brown sugar
- 398mL/13.5 oz can crushed pineapple, in juice
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3 tablespoon Blues Hog Honey Mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional
Carrot Cake
Pineapple Honey Mustard Sauce
Directions
Carrot Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease 8x8 glass with non-stick oil spray or greased metal baking pan.
In large bowl, mix oil, sour cream, sugar and molasses. Mix in eggs.
- In a separate bowl, stir together flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, baking soda, salt.
Add dry ingredients to we ingredients until batter is well combined. Fold in grated carrots.
Pour cake batter into baking pan.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes or when a toothpick comes out clean.
Pineapple Honey Mustard Sauce
In a small saucepan, whisk cornstarch, kosher salt, brown sugar, cayenne pepper (optional) and crushed pineapple and juices until combined.
- Turn stove on low heat and allow sauce to come to low boil.
- Whisk in Blues Hog Honey Mustard.
- Bring saucepan contents to low boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes until sauce is thickened and homogenous.
Topping Cake
When the cake comes out of the oven, let cool for an hour or so.
Top with generous layers of whip cream and pineapple honey mustard sauce.
Recipe Note
Recipe Created By
Janice Smella, SmellaQue
SmellaQue.com
As head cook for SmellaQue, the 2018 and 2019 Canadian BBQ Team of the Year, smoking and cooking outdoors is a huge passion for Janice. Her success as a BBQ team has enabled invitations to cook at the American Royal World Series of BBQ, Jack Daniels World Championship BBQ and Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest.