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Brazilian Chocolate Carrot Cake

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Cakes & Pastries
Cuisine Brazilian
Servings 1 cake

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Tube pan
  • Saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 stick butter for brigadeiros
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder for brigadeiros
  • 14 oz sweetened condensed milk for brigadeiros
  • 5 carrots for cake
  • 5 eggs for cake
  • 1 cup vegetable oil for cake
  • 3 cups flour for cake
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar for cake
  • 1 tbsp baking powder for cake
  • 4 cups sugar for glaze
  • 2 1/2 cups cocoa powder for glaze
  • 1 1/3 cups milk for glaze
  • 1 3/4 sticks butter for glaze
  • chocolate sprinkles to garnish

Instructions
 

  • Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat, add the cocoa powder and sweetened condensed milk, and stir continuously until the mixture has reached a thick, gooey consistency. Spread the mixture over a flat plate and refrigerate for 3 hours.
  • Peel the carrots, chop them into smaller pieces, and place them in a blender. Add the eggs and vegetable oil to the blender and puree the mixture until smooth.
  • Pour the smooth mixture into a bowl and combine with the flour, sugar, and baking powder.
  • Form 17 chocolate fudge balls from the chilled brigadeiro mixture and roll them in flour.
  • Pour the carrot cake mixture into a greased tube pan and let the flour-coated brigadeiros sink into the batter. Transfer the tube pan to a preheated oven, cook at 350°F for 1 hour, and then let cool for 1 hour.
  • For the chocolate glaze, add the sugar, cocoa powder, milk, and butter to a saucepan over low heat and bring to a boil. Once the butter has melted and the sugar has completely dissolved, remove the saucepan from the heat and let cool for 1 hour. Pour the chocolate glaze over the Brazilian carrot cake and top with chocolate sprinkles before serving.