The versatility of my air fryer continues to impress me. After the success of making some banana bread in it, I decided to test out our favourite carrot cake recipe.
For this recipe, you will either need an air fryer accessory cake tin or find a suitable oven-safe dish that will fit in your air fryer. I use the baking tin from this set;
It really is a great set that has allowed me to make pizzas, quiches, kebabs – as well as fitting a lot more in my air fryer!
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You can pretty much adapt any cake recipe to make in the air fryer, just remember to check if you need to reduce the volumes to fit. I usually cook my cakes at 175C, and for this carrot cake, I left it to cook for 30 minutes (I checked on it at 20 minutes to make sure it wasn’t overcooking).
Side Note: You can also cover the baking tin with some foil and poke some holes in it to prevent the top from burning or cooking too fast.
I love that I can make a cake in the air fryer and not heat up the whole kitchen because I need the oven on. It’s so simple.
Air Fryer Carrot Cake
Ingredients
- 140g Soft brown sugar
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 140g butter
- 1 orange, zest & juice
- 200g self-raising flour
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- 175g grated carrot, (approx 2 medium carrots)
- 60g sultanas
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 175C.
- In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
- Slowly add the beaten eggs.
- Fold in the flour, a little bit at a time, mixing it as you go. Add the orange juice and zest, grated carrots and sultanas. Gently mix all the ingredients together.
- Grease the baking tin and pour the mixture in.
- Place baking tin in the air fryer basket and cook for 25-30 minutes. Check and see if the cake has cooked - use a cocktail stick or metal skewer to poke in the middle. If it comes out wet then cook it for a little longer.
- Remove the baking tin from the air fryer basket and allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin.
Alexis
Monday 15th of May 2023
I have made this twice and both times it has been great. I have an oven type airfyer. I put my square cake tin on the bottom for the first 20 mins then put it in the middle for another 10. all good.
Aybüke canan Yilmazkaya
Wednesday 21st of September 2022
Hi Liana I tried the recipe, I use onemoon air fryer, In this model, the cooking time at 170 degrees was 50 minutes. However, the top of the cake did not dry because I baked it with foil for the first 30 minutes. I added milk to it because there was no orange. The result is quite successful 👍🏻 Thank you
Sherri-Lynn Crosbie
Monday 24th of January 2022
Cooked it last night in a airfryer oven. Was quite liquidy in the centre after 30 minutes. So I cooked it for an additional 40 minutes. 20 of that with tin foil still on and 20 without. I also raised the temp to 185 for the last 40 minutes. Was real tasty. Could've cooked a bit longer but I didn't mind. It was still moist and the taste was delicious.
Jan Low
Monday 21st of June 2021
This is a lovely recipe - much nicer than others I have tried. However, the timings given did not work for me. I cooked it in an 8 inch pan at 175 with foil on for first 20 mins, and it took something like 50 mins altogether. It may be quicker overall to do it in 2 lots and sandwich together as another post suggests. Tasted great, either way.
Linda
Monday 10th of May 2021
I preheated the air fryer, split the mixture between two 8 inch cake tins and cooked on 170 for 20 mins came out perfect.Now going to put frosting in the middle of both cakes and on top.
Jan Low
Sunday 20th of June 2021
@Linda, I think you have this right, Linda - I have done it all in one 8 inch tin at 175 and it has had 35 mins so far and is still wet in the middle. I don't know if it makes any difference but I have also used the 'bake' setting on my Instant Vortex rather than 'air fry', which may be more gentle.