A detailed recipe for making a carrot cake with curd cream. Step by step photos and tips.
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We are sharing with you the recipe for the most delicious carrot cake that we have ever tasted! Delicate creamy cream brings its taste to mind-blowing! It is not a shame to put such a cake on the festive table. A step-by-step recipe with a photo will not leave any gaps in the preparation.
For the first time I tried carrot cake about 7 years ago and fell in love with its rich sweetish-tart taste and bright autumn color. Since then, I have come across many recipes for these pastries, but none of them came close to the taste that I so wanted to reproduce, until finally I came across the perfect recipe, which I am happy to share with you!
Everything is perfect in this carrot cake: a perfectly balanced list of products, a delicate porous juicy texture. And the most delicate curd cream favorably emphasizes the rich carrot taste, shaded by a hint of orange peel and nutmeg. Having tasted this cake once, you will become a fan of it forever.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 320 kcal.
- Servings - 8 slices
- Cooking time - 3 hours
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour - 340 g
- Soda - 5 g
- Baking powder - 4 g
- Ground cinnamon - 1, 5 tsp
- Nutmeg - 1 tsp
- Sugar - 300 g
- Eggs - 4 pcs.
- Carrots, grated raw - 275 g
- Refined vegetable oil - 245 ml
- Zest of 1 orange - optional
- Kernels of 7-10 walnuts
- Cream 33% (for cream) - 100 ml
- Fine-grained cottage cheese or curd cheese (for cream) - 500 g
- Powdered sugar (for cream) - 70 g
Step-by-step preparation of a carrot cake with cottage cheese cream for the New Year
Let's start by chopping the walnut kernels, and washing the orange thoroughly, wiping it dry and removing the zest.
Combine granulated sugar with vegetable oil and beat with a mixer so that the sugar crystals dissolve.
We break all the eggs, but it is better to drive them in one by one if the mixer is not powerful.
Beat the mixture into a dense white mass with a mixer for at least 4 minutes. The mass at this stage is similar to sweet mayonnaise.
Mix all dry ingredients separately: sifted premium wheat flour, baking soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon and grated nutmeg. Mix everything with a whisk.
We combine a mixture of dry components with liquid components, bring the dough to homogeneity with a mixer.
Add chopped nuts and grated orange zest.
Three raw carrots on the finest grater or pass through a meat grinder. You can also chop it in a food processor or in a blender bowl with a knife attachment. It is important that the carrots are chopped as thoroughly as possible - this is one of the main secrets of a successfully cooked carrot cake. If the carrots are juiced, it is better to squeeze them out. We need a dry carrot mass. Combine the carrots with the dough, mix with a mixer and get a pale orange dough for baking.
Put the carrot dough in a baking dish, greasing it with a small amount of vegetable oil. Cover the bottom with parchment to make it easier to reach the cake. What is the diameter of the mold to take? We have a mold diameter of 20 cm. The cake has risen twice or even more. The height of the finished cake is 7–8 cm. If you have a larger diameter mold, it is better to bake a few short cake layers.
We bake the cake until tender. The temperature in the oven is 165-170 degrees. It took us 1 hour. It may take you more or less time. Therefore, we check the cake for a dry torch every half an hour. If the crust is not baked, increase the temperature or place the baking dish lower in the oven.
We take out the cake, let it cool completely. Ideally, the cake should be left overnight so that it will not crumble when slicing. Cut with a fishing line into 4 equal layers.
Let's take a cream. Cottage cheese must be wiped through a sieve or chopped with a blender. The ready-made curd mass will save you from this stage.
Beat the cream until strong peaks. The photo shows where the mixer beaters were. At first it may seem that nothing is happening, but after 3-4 minutes, you will see how the cream thickens. Do not interrupt them, otherwise you will get oil.
Add powdered sugar and cottage cheese to the cream in parts. Mix with a spatula.
Here's a curd cream turned out.
Put the bottom cake on the dish. Apply cream on it. The easiest way to apply is to use a bag with a large round nozzle.
We collect the cake, leaving the sides without cream. Such naked cakes are gaining more and more popularity, let's keep up with fashion.
We decorate the cake at your discretion. We took thin slices of oranges, chopped nuts, a cinnamon stick, and a few sprigs of rosemary.
The finished cake should be infused for a couple of hours before serving. Then the taste will be much brighter.
Such an appetizing slice of carrot cake with curd cream will not last long on the plate. Most importantly, do not reveal the secret that the cake is carrot. Let it be your unique piece.
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