The popular, juicy carrot cake is also known as Rüblitorte and is a Swiss cake specialty from the town of Aargau. It should not be missing from your festive meal, especially now during the Easter holidays. Whether juicy, fresh or fruity-sweet, the carrot cake recipe can be enjoyed in different variations. In the following article we will show you recipes that will really pamper your taste buds.
This is how you create a truly wonderful culinary delight
Would you like to bake a classic carrot cake for Easter? Then below you will find the classic carrot cake recipe for a juicy, delicious taste experience that even beginners in the kitchen can do well.
Ingredients:
4 Owner
200 g Flour
1 entire package of baking soda
1 pinch of cinnamon
300 g finely grated carrots
250g powdered sugar
1 entire pack of vanilla sugar
200 g finely ground hazelnuts
100 g fresh yogurt
2 tablespoons powdered sugar for sprinkling after baking
10 marzipan carrots
The first step in preparing the moist carrot cake is to separate the egg yolks from the egg whites. Then put the egg yolk in a bowl and, ideally, mix it with a mixer until it reaches a foamy, creamy consistency. Meanwhile, slowly add the powdered sugar and vanilla sugar.
Beat the previously separated egg whites together in another bowl to form a snow-white mass. Add the flour and baking powder. It is important that you sieve both ingredients carefully and mix them well together.
Afterwards, gradually mix the finely grated carrots, the finely ground hazelnuts as well as the flour, egg white mixture and yoghurt with the foamy, creamy egg mixture. Then refine the whole mixture with a delicate pinch of cinnamon.
The next step is to pour the resulting dough evenly into a 26-piece cake pan. You should line these with baking paper or grease them a little with butter. Then place the cake to be baked in the oven preheated to 180 °C top and bottom heat.
When about 50 minutes have passed, carefully remove the cake from the tin and let it cool. You can then sprinkle the fresh carrot cake with about two tablespoons of powdered sugar, arrange the marzipan carrots in proportion and enjoy it in peace!
Moist carrot cake with icing: recipe for cream cheese topping
To increase the juicy taste of the carrot cake, you can use aCream cheese toppinguse. For this you need approx. 150 g of double cream cheese, 2 tablespoons of whipped cream and approx. 80 g of powdered sugar.
Put all ingredients in a bowl. Then stir the mixture with an electric whisk or a simple whisk, depending on your preference, so that a homogeneous consistency is created. Then add the powdered sugar and beat the resulting mixture until thick and creamy. After baking and removing it from the tin, let the cake cool completely and then spread it with the cream cheese topping. As a decorative finish, you can decorate the now juicy carrot cake with lemon balm. This is how you make it a real eye-catcher for Easter.
Carrot cake recipe with apple
The carrot cake can be perfectly combined with apple. For this you need the following ingredients:
2 Owner
100g sugar
1 organic lemon
150 g grated carrots
120 g grated, peeled apple
100 g applesauce
1 packet of baking powder
200 g Flour
100 g almond flakes
¼ tsp cinnamon
soft butter for greasing
Topping:
150g powdered sugar
2 tbsp lemon juice
12 marzipan decorative carrots
Before you start preparing the carrot cake with apple, you should preheat your oven to 200 °C top/bottom heat. The next step is to beat the eggs and mix them with the sugar in a slightly larger bowl until a foamy consistency forms. In another bowl, mix the grated carrots, apples, applesauce, baking powder, flour and flaked almonds together. You can add a little cinnamon while mixing.
Then squeeze the juice out of the lemon and set aside about 2 tablespoons for the icing. Then add the remaining lemon juice to the apple and carrot mixture. Then mix this well with the sugar-egg mixture. Then carefully spread the resulting dough into the baking pan that you have previously greased with butter. Everything is baked for about 45 minutes. The juicy, fruity cake is ready when a beautiful, golden brown color appears. It's then time to take the cake out of the oven, let it cool briefly in the baking tin and then remove it from the tin. Now let the freshly baked cake cool completely.
The powdered sugar is then sifted into a container and mixed with the squeezed lemon juice to form a thick substance and then distributed evenly over the juicy, fresh carrot and apple cake. At the end decorate it with the carrots.
Is carrot cake healthy?
This question cannot be answered in general, as there are now many variations of the carrot cake. Be itvegan carrot cake, or the carrot cake without flour and sugar, which is often used for low-carb diets. It always depends on the ingredients. Accordingly, the popular Swiss specialty can be very healthy or a real calorie bomb.
How to store the carrot cake
To ensure that none of the juiciness of the delicious Swiss specialty is lost, we recommend that you store the cake under a hood provided for this purpose at room temperature. It can also be preserved for several days by placing it in individual pieces in the refrigerator at a temperature of +4°C. If you want him for even longer, speak forstore for several monthsIf you want to, simply freeze it at a temperature of -18°C.
