Carrot ginger cake. Nigella's carrot cake with ginger and walnuts is a twist on the classic – not too much icing, not too sweet. Just right with a cup of tea. Shredded carrots make these soft frosted cookies just perfect.
I made this cake for an Age Care coffee morning and everybody enjoyed it asking me to make them a lot more. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long. I also really love some spice in my carrot cake so I use some ground cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. You can cook Carrot ginger cake using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Carrot ginger cake
- Prepare of BASE.
- It’s 2 of eggs.
- It’s 4 of carrots.
- It’s 1 of ginger (as much as you like).
- Prepare 2 tbsp of grated orange peel.
- It’s 1/2 cup of melted butter.
- It’s 4 tbsp of light brown sugar.
- It’s 2 tsp of vanilla sugar.
- You need 1 cup of flour.
- Prepare 2 tsp of baking powder.
- It’s 1 cup of ground almonds.
- It’s of CREAM.
- It’s 250 grams of mascarpone cheese.
- It’s 2 tbsp of light brown sugar.
- It’s 1 of vanilla bean.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of grated lemon or lime peel.
- Prepare of DECORATION.
- Prepare 1 of toasted chopped white almonds.
This carrot cake cake sets the standard for carrot cakes everywhere. It's deeply moist and filled with toasted pecans. Most of its flavor comes from brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and carrots. Decorate cake with candied carrot strips as desired.
Carrot ginger cake instructions
- Put 2 whole eggs in the bowl. Finely grate carrots and ginger and mix with eggs. Add melted butter, brown and vanilla sugar and mix it on low speed till sugar is melted. Add all other ingredients and mix it 3-5 min..
- Bake it 30-40 min on 160 deegres..
- While base is baking, prepare cream. In the bowl put mascarpone cheese, sugar, vanilla bean and grated lemon peel. Mix it 5-7 min..
- When base is baked and still warm a little, put cream. Decorate with toasted chopped white almonds. Enjoy :).
All Reviews for Carrot-Ginger Layer Cake with Orange Cream-Cheese Frosting. The light and fluffy frosting for this luscious layer cake recipe is a mixture of cream cheese and whipping cream. Putting carrots into your cake doesn't make it any better for you than, say. Please share and like my videos if you enjoy them. I really enjoy carrot cake but I limit myself to how much and how often I have it as it's full of sugar.
