Christmas carrot-ginger cake with walnuts is delicious, spicy and aromatic. It is especially good during the New Year holidays. Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Do you want to cook something sweet and without prejudice to your figure? Then take note of the amazing carrot cake. If you are skeptical about carrot sweets, then I am sure that after eating a piece of this pie, you will change your mind. The recipe for Christmas carrot and gingerbread with walnuts is not only affordable, but also easy to make. The pastries are moderately moist and very juicy. And thanks to the spices, the carrot taste completely disappears, which gives the dessert an extraordinary taste. If you treat your guests with this culinary masterpiece, then no one will guess that the main ingredient in baking is carrots.
The finished cake can be served as is, or cut into two thinner cakes and spread with sour cream or custard cream. Then you get a real birthday cake. You can bake a cake not only in a rectangular shape, but also in an oval, round or with a through hole. It can also be either one large or small portioned cupcakes.
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- Caloric content per 100 g - 459 kcal.
- Servings - 1 cupcake
- Cooking time - 50 minutes
Ingredients:
- Flour - 200 g
- Carrots - 180 g
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Ground ginger powder - 1 tsp
- Sugar - 160 g or to taste
- Soda - 1 tsp
- Walnuts - 50 g
- Vegetable oil - 150 ml
Step-by-step preparation of Christmas carrot and ginger cake with walnuts, recipe with photo:
1. Peel the carrots, wash and grate on a coarse grater.
2. Lightly dry the walnuts in a clean and dry frying pan and grind into smaller pieces. Instead of walnuts, you can use almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, peanuts, pistachios …
3. Combine carrot shavings with chopped nuts and ginger powder in a bowl. You can add any other aromatic spices to this mass: cardamom, cinnamon, almond flour, citrus zest.
4. Stir the food well and set the bowl aside.
5. Wash the eggs and pour the contents into a bowl.
6. Beat eggs a little and add sugar. Continue whisking them until fluffy and double in volume.
7. Pour vegetable oil into the egg mass and beat the products with a mixer until smooth.
8. Pour flour into the liquid base and sift through a fine sieve. The flour will be enriched with oxygen and the baked goods will be more tender.
9. Add baking soda to the dough and mix well again.
10. Combine the dough with the carrot shavings.
11. Take a mixer with whisk attachments and stir the dough until smooth, so that it is evenly distributed.
12. Place the dough in a baking dish and flatten it evenly.
13. Send the cake to a preheated oven to 180 degrees and bake for 40 minutes until tender and golden brown. If you are afraid that the cake will not be baked, then check the readiness by piercing a wooden stick, it must be clean without sticking. Sprinkle with powdered sugar or icing on the finished Christmas carrot-ginger cake with walnuts, if desired.
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