Carrot cake with walnuts
Do you want to please the little one with something sweet? A light and healthy recipe with carrots and nuts will pleasantly surprise you with its taste and aroma. Such a delicacy will go well with breakfast with warm tea or take it with you to school.
Carrot cake with walnuts – ingredients
- wheat flour – 350 g.
- brown sugar – 300 g.
- vegetable oil – 300 ml.
- chicken eggs – 4 pcs.
- grated carrot – 300 g.
- baking powder – 10 g.
- oranges – 2 pcs.
- walnuts – 100 g.
- cinnamon and nutmeg – to taste.
Carrot cake with walnuts
Combine eggs and sugar and beat with a whisk.
Combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder and spices. Add to sugar and eggs, mix.
Pour the oil into the mixture, stirring until a homogeneous mass. Remove the peel from two oranges, grind a little nuts, grate carrots, squeeze. Add these ingredients to the dough, mix.
Put the dough in a mold and bake in an oven heated to 160 ° C for 40-60 minutes. You can decorate with berries, grated chocolate, raisins, etc.
Tips from Smakot Info
Walnuts can be replaced with pecans.
Instead of orange peel, prepare and use homemade candied fruit! To do this, remove the peel in strips and boil with water and sugar to a thick consistency. Then let cool and cut into small cubes or strips.
You can serve this dessert with sour cream or cream cheese.
This recipe is universal, it is perfect for baking cakes, as well as for making small cupcakes or muffins.
