Carrot Orange Loaf

For dessert, Marian prepared a Carrot Orange Loaf for the South Arm Cooking Club for Seniors.

The Carrot Orange Loaf is moist and perfumed with orange and cinnamon. A great ending for a meal. They are great for breakfast or snack and made a great lunch box treat.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 cup finely shredded carrot
• 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt

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Yield 1 loaf

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F and grease a loaf pan and dust with flour.

In a large bowl, whisk the oil, sugar and egg to blend.

Stir in the shredded carrot and orange zest.

In a separate bowl, sift flour with baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.

Stir the flour mixture into the carrot mixture and stir until well blended.

Scrape into the prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.

Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Then, turn the loaf out onto a cooling rack to cool completely before slicing it.

• Carrot
• Community Kitchen
• Orange
• Quick Bread