Carrot cake

Zutaten die Sie benötigen

• 250g carrots finely grated
• 5 eggs separated
• 1 pinch of cinnamon
• 1 pinch of salt
• 250 ground almonds
• 100g flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 200g icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons water or orange juice
• 12 marzipan carrots
• 1 teaspoon of cardoon root tincture

Zubereitung

• Beat egg whites until stiff
• Beat egg yolks with sugar until fluffy
• Mix flour, almonds, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and cardoon powder
• Stir into the egg yolk mixture
• Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites
• Stir in carrots
• Pour into a greased and floured springform pan (diameter 26 cm)
• Bake at 175 degrees for about 60 minutes
• Let cool down
• Mix powdered sugar with 1-2 tablespoons of water or orange juice
• Spread it over the cooled cake
• Decorate with carrots