American carrot cake is not just a dessert, but a real culinary symbol of the United States, which has a long and interesting history. This pie has gained popularity due to its unique texture, richness of flavors and unusual combination of ingredients. Carrot cake has become a particular favorite in American cuisine, especially since its spread in the mid-20th century.
The basic idea behind carrot cake is to use grated carrots as one of the main ingredients.
This gives the pie a wonderful moistness, sweetness and a slight spicy note, thanks to the combination with spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
Let’s tell you how to make carrot cake
Ingredients for the pastry:
- carrots – 350 g;
- eggs – 4 pcs;
- sugar – 200 g;
- flour – 260 g;
- vegetable oil – 250 ml;
- walnuts – 50 g;
- raisins – 75 g;
- vanilla sugar – 10 g;
- leavening agent – 10 g;
- cinnamon – 1 tsp;
- salt – a pinch.
Ingredients for the glaze:
- cream cheese – 200 g;
- powdered sugar – 90 g;
- vanilla sugar – 10 g.
Preparation of carrot cake:
Grate carrots on a coarse grater, mix in a deep bowl eggs with vanilla and classic sugar, salt. Pour vegetable oil into the egg mixture, stir.
Combine flour with baking powder and cinnamon, sift into the egg mixture, knead into a thick dough. Put grated carrots and pre-chopped walnuts with raisins into the dough
. Mix all the components in the dough, put it in a baking dish covered with parchment.
Bake the cake at 180 degrees for 40-45 minutes.
After baking remove the top from the cake and crumble it into crumbs. For the glaze, mix cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla sugar.
We spread the frosting on top of the pie, sprinkle the frosting over the crumb topping.
You get a fall delicious and flavorful carrot cake.
It is a very soft, moist pastry that goes great with tea.
