🍰 Moist Carrot-Orange Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze

Name: Moist Carrot-Orange Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 300 g Carrots; 6 Eggs; 200 g Sugar; 1 pinch Salt; 1 untreated Orange (zest and juice); 300 g ground walnuts; 125 g Flour; 150 g Cream cheese; 70 g soft Butter; 3 tbsp Vanilla sugar; 170 g Powdered sugar; 2 tbsp Walnut kernels

580 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

300 g Carrots
6 Eggs
200 g Sugar
1 pinch Salt
1 untreated Orange (zest and juice)
300 g ground walnuts
125 g Flour
150 g Cream cheese
70 g soft Butter
3 tbsp Vanilla sugar
170 g Powdered sugar
2 tbsp Walnut kernels

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with fan setting.
2. Line the bottom of the springform pan with baking paper.
3. Peel the carrots and trim the ends.
4. Grate the carrots finely.
5. Separate the eggs so you have distinct yolks and whites.
6. Take a large bowl.
7. Add the egg yolks to the bowl.
8. Add one third of the sugar to the egg yolks.
9. Add a pinch of salt.
10. Finely grate the orange peel and add it.
11. Squeeze the orange juice into the bowl.
12. Whisk the mixture with a mixer or whisk until it is frothy.
13. Take a clean, grease-free container for the egg whites.
14. Whip the egg whites until stiff.
15. Add the remaining sugar slowly and gradually to the egg whites while continuing to whip.
16. Continue whipping until a stiff meringue forms that does not release liquid.
17. Add the nuts to a separate bowl.
18. Add the flour to the nuts.
19. Add the grated carrots to the nuts and flour.
20. Mix the dry and vegetable ingredients well together.
21. Take one third of the egg white foam.
22. Fold the egg white foam into the egg yolk mixture.
23. Mix these two parts very well together.
24. Add the remaining two thirds of the egg white foam.
25. Gently fold the remaining egg white foam into the batter so it does not collapse.
26. Pour the finished batter into the prepared springform pan.
27. Smooth the surface of the batter.
28. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 50 minutes.
29. Take the cream cheese and butter mixture for the glaze.
30. Thoroughly mix the cream cheese and butter mixture.
31. Add the vanilla sugar.
32. Mix everything thoroughly.
33. Sift the powdered sugar in gradually.
34. Stir until a smooth cream forms.
35. Spread the glaze over the cooled cake.
36. Chop the walnuts finely.
37. Sprinkle the chopped walnuts over the glaze.
38. Cut the cake into pieces.
39. Serve the cake pieces.

Nutrition per serving

kcal: 580
Protein: 12 g · Fett/Fat: 38 g · Carbs: 49 g