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🥤 Moist Carrot Walnut Cake
702 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- carrots 200 g
- hokkaido pumpkin 250 g
- walnut kernels 100 g
- oranges 1 pcs
- nutmeg, ground pinch
- cinnamon 1 tsp
- brown sugar 200 g
- salt pinch
- sunflower oil 200 ml
- eggs 3 pcs
- wheat flour, type 405 300 g
- baking powder 2 tsp
- rapeseed oil 1 tbsp
- mascarpone 250 g
- yogurt, plain 75 g
- honey 1 tsp
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius. Use the top and bottom heat setting.
- 2. Peel the carrots and trim off the ends.
- 3. Cut the pumpkin in half. Peel it and remove the seeds.
- 4. Coarsely grate the pumpkin and the carrots.
- 5. Set aside two tablespoons of walnuts for decoration.
- 6. Roughly chop the remaining walnuts.
- 7. Wash the orange thoroughly with hot water.
- 8. Finely grate about one tablespoon of orange zest.
- 9. Cut the orange in half and squeeze out the juice.
- 10. Place the grated carrots and pumpkin into a bowl.
- 11. Add nutmeg, cinnamon, orange juice, and orange zest.
- 12. Mix everything together well.
- 13. Take a second bowl.
- 14. Beat sugar, salt, and oil until foamy using a hand mixer.
- 15. Beat in the eggs one by one until well combined.
- 16. Combine flour and baking powder in a small container.
- 17. Briefly fold the flour mixture into the batter.
- 18. Stir the vegetable and nut mixture into the batter.
- 19. Grease a bundt pan with a diameter of approximately 22 centimeters.
- 20. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- 21. Bake the cake in the oven for about 60 to 65 minutes.
- 22. Check for doneness using a wooden skewer.
- 23. The cake is done when no batter sticks to the skewer.
- 24. Remove the cake from the oven.
- 25. Let the cake cool down.
- 26. Take a bowl for the topping.
- 27. Briefly mix mascarpone, yogurt, and honey.
- 28. Turn the cake out of the pan before serving.
- 29. Spread the cream evenly over the cake.
- 30. Decorate the cake with the reserved walnut halves.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 702
- Protein: 10 g · Fett/Fat: 37 g · Carbs: 84 g