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🍰 Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze

164 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g Carrots
• 6 Eggs
• 1 pinch Salt
• 125 g Honey
• 1 Lemon (zest)
• 300 g ground almond kernels
• 100 g Spelt wholemeal flour
• 150 g Apple puree (no sugar)
• 2 g Agar-agar (0.5 tsp)
• 400 g Cream cheese (16 % fat absolute)
• 100 g Yogurt (1.5 % fat)
• 50 g Coconut blossom sugar

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the carrots and peel them.
2. 2. Grate the carrots very finely.
3. 3. Separate the eggs. Keep the yolks apart from the whites.
4. 4. Place the egg yolks in a bowl.
5. 5. Add a pinch of salt, honey, and lemon zest.
6. 6. Whisk the mixture until frothy.
7. 7. Beat the egg whites until stiff.
8. 8. Form a stiff meringue.
9. 9. Mix the almonds with the flour.
10. 10. Fold one third of the egg white foam into the yolk foam.
11. 11. Mix these parts very well.
12. 12. Add the remaining egg white foam on top.
13. 13. Sprinkle the almond mixture over it.
14. 14. Mix everything gently with a wooden spoon.
15. 15. Line the bottom of a baking pan with baking paper.
16. 16. Pour the batter into the pan.
17. 17. Smooth the batter.
18. 18. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
19. 19. Bake the cake for about 50 minutes.
20. 20. Take the cake out of the oven.
21. 21. Let the cake cool in the pan.
22. 22. Place the apple sauce in a pot.
23. 23. Simmer the apple sauce over medium heat.
24. 24. Stir in the agar-agar.
25. 25. Invert the cooled cake.
26. 26. Remove the baking paper.
27. 27. Brush the surface with the hot apple sauce.
28. 28. Also brush the edges of the cake.
29. 29. Whisk the cream cheese glaze until smooth.
30. 30. Spread the glaze over the cake.
31. 31. Chill the cake.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 164
• Protein: 7 g · Fett/Fat: 11 g · Carbs: 11 g