Fragrant cake with carrots and orange glaze

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• kitchen scales;
• bowls;
• grater;
• sieve;
• deep plates;
• tablespoon;
• tea spoon;
• mixer (whisk);
• teapot;
• stewpan;
• paper napkin.

Ingredients

Step cooking

Pie

1. Before you start kneading the dough for the pie, you need to take 150 g of carrots, peel it, wash it, and then grate it on a fine or medium grater.
   
2. Orange or lemon should be washed thoroughly. Wash 100 g of raisins and pour boiling water on the plate for a short while.
   
3. In a separate bowl, mix 200 g of wheat flour with 0.5 tsp. baking powder and mix well.
   
4. Drain the water from the raisins, and then put it on a napkin to remove excess water. Add dried raisins to grated carrots and rub the zest of orange into the same mixture.
   
5. In a separate bowl, beat 4 chicken eggs with a mixer. You can use a whisk or an ordinary fork.
   
6. Add 200 g of sugar to the egg mixture in several stages while continuing to beat.
   
7. Following sugar, gradually pour 200 ml of sunflower refined oil.
   
8. In the egg mixture with sugar and butter, add grated carrots with raisins, mix.
   
9. Then add ground cinnamon and a pinch of nutmeg to the mass, then mix everything again.
   
10. Next, add flour with baking powder to this mixture, sifting the dry ingredients through a sieve.
    
11. After you have combined the dry and wet ingredients, you need to mix them thoroughly and very quickly so that the baking powder does not start to act ahead of time and the cake is lush. The finished dough by consistency should resemble thick sour cream.
    
12. The oven should be preheated to 180 degrees. The baking dish must be covered with parchment paper onto which you pour the dough.
    
13. The cake should be baked in a constantly closed oven for 40-50 minutes. You can check the readiness of the pie by lightly pressing your finger on the middle, if there is no dent on the pie, the dish is ready.
    
14. Let the carrot cake cool slightly, and then remove it from the mold.
    

Glaze

1. To prepare the glaze, with which you can decorate the cake, you need to squeeze 3-4 tbsp of orange. l juice and strain it through cheesecloth.
   
2. Pour 200 g of powdered sugar into a separate container, and then gradually add freshly squeezed orange juice to it, stirring constantly. Glaze should not turn out too liquid.
   
3. Put a few tablespoons of the glaze in a separate container, and then add the zest of the orange to it, so that it becomes a more saturated orange color.
   
4. Decorate the finished cake with orange-sugar glaze at your discretion. Sprinkle grated chocolate on top of the pie or add a few mint leaves.
   

Video recipe

After watching the video presented, you will understand how to gradually prepare a low-calorie delicious dessert with maximum health benefits. The author will also demonstrate how to decorate a cooked dish.

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