Vegetables in cooking are not only soups, purees and salads. You can make a wonderful dessert with nuts even from carrots.
Baked goods made from this vegetable are juicy, sweet and healthy. And if you add pistachios and walnuts, it will be even more original.
You will need:
- carrots - 1 pc.;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- flour - 200 g;
- sugar - 190 g;
- salt - a pinch;
- butter - 100 g;
- orange - 1 pc.;
- soda - 1/2 tsp;
- cinnamon - 1 tsp;
- sour cream - 2 tbsp;
- pistachios - 100 g;
- walnuts - 100 g;
- powdered sugar - 100 g;
- vanilla sugar - 1 tsp;
- cream (35%) - 100 ml;
- milk - 100 ml.
How to cook
1. Beat eggs with sugar and salt for 7 minutes.
2. Remove the zest from the orange and squeeze out the juice.
3. Mix the beaten eggs with the juice and melted butter, add flour, soda and cinnamon. Stir.
4. Wash the carrots and grate them on a fine grater, squeeze out the juice, mix the pulp with sour cream and add the mixture to the dough.
5. Grind the nuts, grate the orange zest on a fine grater and add to the dough, mix.
6. Transfer the dough into the pan and bake in the oven at 160 degrees for 30 minutes. Then cover with foil and leave for another 15-17 minutes. The cake will be ready when you pierce it with a toothpick and it comes out dry.
7. Mix powdered sugar, cream, milk, vanilla sugar, pour over the cooled cake, sprinkle with ground nuts.
Enjoy your tea!
