The school holidays for us were 5 weeks and what felt like one month long. By the final week I think everyone was ready to get back to a normal routine! Are you back to school yet? Well, why not send your kids off back to school with this delicious and perfectly spiced Carrot Blueberry and Orange Loaf nestled in their lunchboxes. It is so good, just bursting with flavour.
I love developing recipes that have vegetables in them, and this recipe is full of goodies and is relatively low in sugar. But I think one of the things I like about this is that Mr 7, who has firmly eschewed blueberries for the best part of two years, actually eats this Carrot Blueberry and Orange Loaf. And he loves it.
Perfectly Spiced Carrot Blueberry and Orange Loaf
Description
This Perfectly Spiced Carrot Blueberry and Orange Loaf is light and full of goodness. Bursting with flavour, made with wholemeal flour and nut free. Perfect for snacks or lunchboxes.
Ingredients
- one ripe large banana (200g)
- 1/2 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt
- 1/3 cup maple syrup
- juice of one small orange
- zest of one small orange
- 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 150g grated carrot (2 medium)
- 50g (1/2 cup) blueberries
- 1 1/2 cup wholemeal flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170c and grease and line a 23x12cm loaf pan
- In a large bowl thoroughly mash the banana then whisk in the oil, eggs, yogurt, maple syrup, orange juice, orange zest and cinnamon until well combined
- Mix in the carrots and blueberries and stir to combine
- Add the flour and baking powder and mix together until just combined, taking care not to over mix
- Spread the mixture evenly into the loaf pan
- Bake for around 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the loaf comes out clean
- Allow to cool slightly in the tin for around 10 minutes before removing from the pan and cooling further on a wire backing rack
I hope you enjoy this recipe, as always if you bake this please share with me over on Instagram or Facebook.
Happy baking
Bernadette x
Just made this and I didn’t have any blueberrys so I used walnuts instead soooo tasty
Thanks so much for baking! Glad you loved it. Bernadette
Do you know roughly how much juice of a small orange would be? I only have big ones I need to use up. Thanks
maybe around two tablespoons at a guess. Bernadette x
Oops that should be “quite a few”. Ah those typos!
haha – I am with you their 😉 Bernadette x
This is a fantastic recipe. Loved by my 9 yr old son and his dad too. They are fussy! Easy to make. Thank you Bernadette! I make quiet a few of your recipes.
Ah thanks so much for sharing your feedback with me and thank you for baking! Bernadette x
It sounds delicious what oil do you recommend? Coconut oil?
I use extra virgin olive oil but I would think coconut oil would work too, Bernadette x
Would this work as a muffin?
I haven’t tried but I would think it should x
I haven’t tried but I would think it should x