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Whole Wheat Mustard Carrot Cake

A surprising carrot cake with a secret ingredient: Maille Old Style mustard. The flavor is bursting and it's a conversation starter.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 large organic eggs
  • 2 small-medium apples cored and diced
  • 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 5 small-medium carrots washed, stems cut off, and cut into small chunks
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 tablespoons Maille Old Style mustard
  • 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
Frosting
  • 1/2 stick 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup plain full-fat Greek yogurt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 6 cups powdered sugar

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray two 8-inch round cake pans (or three 6-inch) with cooking spray and dust with all-purpose flour, discarding any extra flour (or spray with baking with flour cooking spray).
  2. In a large bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour, baking soda and cinnamon. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of your stand mixer with the beater attachment, beat the brown sugar and eggs until foamy and thoroughly beaten.
  4. Meanwhile, in your blender or food processor, purée the apple slices and oil together. Pour into the beaten eggs/sugar of your stand mixer.
  5. Next, purée the carrots and orange juice together. Pour into the beaten eggs/sugar mixture of your stand mixer.
  6. Add in the vanilla extract, mustard and ginger to your stand mixer and beat on low until all of the wet ingredients are combined.
  7. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients of your stand mixer and stir until just combined.
  8. Equally separate out into your cake pans (about 2 1/4 cups of batter per 8" pan or 1 1/2 cups of batter per 6" pan).
  9. Bake for 20-30 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean and the edges are light golden brown.
  10. Allow the cakes to cool for five minutes in the pan before carefully flipping out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
  11. Meanwhile, to assemble your icing, beat butter, yogurt and vanilla extract together until combined. Add in the powdered sugar until combined.
  12. Assemble the cake and decorate as desired.

Notes

For extra security, line the bottom of the cake pans with a round piece of parchment paper, then spray with cooking spray.