Carrot cake topping with almond cream and pistachio. This carrot cake is super fun and a twist on the classic because it has chopped roasted pistachios in both the cake AND the frosting! Topped with creamy cream cheese frosting, this is such a lovely, spiced treat with a pistachio crunch. Set a fine-mesh sieve over a measuring glass and place next to stove.
The honey cream cheese frosting on this cake is a little different than your typical cream cheese frosting because it is cooked and made with granulated sugar. Yes, it takes a little longer but it is so worth the wait! It is silky smooth and perfectly sweet (not sickening sweet with a pound of powdered sugar). You can have Carrot cake topping with almond cream and pistachio using 15 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Carrot cake topping with almond cream and pistachio
- You need 300 gm of all purpose flour.
- You need 3 of carrot (blended – strain out the juice).
- It’s 1 tablespoon of baking powder.
- It’s 1 tablespoon of cinnamon powder.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of muskot powder.
- You need 50 gm of butter.
- You need 2 dl of carrot juice.
- You need 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
- It’s 2 of large eggs.
- It’s of Almond cream ingredients.
- Prepare 50 gm of alomnd paste.
- You need 1 dl of heavy cream.
- It’s 1 dl of icing sugar.
- You need of Topping.
- Prepare of Pistachio crumbs.
Carrot, pineapple and pistachio cake – a delicious tropical twist on carrot cake topped with a luscious cloud of cream cheese frosting. I baked this cake a while back but thought that I would wait until nearer Easter to share it. Sift the flour, baking powder and spices into a bowl. Add the eggs, sugar and oil; whisk.
Carrot cake topping with almond cream and pistachio instructions
- Mix all the cake ingredients into a big bowl. Beat it until smooth batter. Bake in 180° 35min. After baked, let it cooling for 10min..
- After 10min, slowly pour the cream ontop the carrots with spoon and topping with pistachio crumbs, then is done..
In another bowl, mix the carrots, pistachios, sultanas and lime zest. Pistachio cakes are some of my personal favorites to make. I usually will whip a few of these up during those large family gatherings. Thanksgiving is the time of year where I literally have family members calling me to put in requests for their own personal pistachio cake! In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
