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    Carrot Almond Cake

    March 10, 2016 By Francoise Leave a Comment

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    This morning, I suddenly wanted to make a carrot cake, maybe because spring and Easter are in the corner.

    I remember a recipe that I used to make when I lived in France. From time to time, I talked about this recipe to my husband, but never made it.

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    In fact, my carrot cake recipe is not the traditional American carrot cake with the cream cheese frosting. My recipe is plainer and simpler. It comes from an old French magazine.


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    So this morning, I looked for this recipe in my French magazines and found it. I made the cake and my family enjoyed it and asked me to remake it soon.

    I really like this simple version because the carrot cake is unbelievable moist and fluffy without the addition of butter or oil. I believe this is because there are as many carrots as almonds and just a little wheat flour. The cinnamon and the lemon zest give just the right taste.

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    Carrot Cake

    Carrot Almond Cake

    Francoise
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 40 mins
    Total Time 1 hr
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine French
    Servings 6 people

    Ingredients
      

    • 200 g finely grated carrots
    • 200 g almond flour
    • 50 g toasted sliced almond (optional)
    • 50 g all-purpose flour
    • 4 eggs
    • 180 g sugar
    • 2 tablespoon powdered sugar
    • 1 lemon zested organic
    • 2 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

    Instructions
     

    • Spray oil in a cake pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper, spray oil on it, and sprinkle sugar (from the 180g sugar). Put the cake pan in the fridge.
    • Zest the lemon.
    • Finely grate the carrots. Put them in a bowl with 1 tsp. of sugar (from the 180g of sugar), and mix.
    • Preheat the oven to 360 F.
    • Beat eggs with a mixer the leftover of sugar until the mix doubled in volume, whiten, and began to foam.
    • With a spatula gently mix the almond flour, the grated carrots and the juice, zest lemon, and cinnamon until blended.
    • Sift the flour and baking powder and add them to the previous mix.
    • Pour batter into the cake pan.
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    • Bake to 40 min or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean.
    • Let the cake cool for 15 min on a wire rack before removing it from the pan.
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    • While the cake is still warm, sprinkle powder sugar on the top and if you like, add some toasted sliced almonds.
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    Keyword carrot almond cake recipe, carrot cake
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