Carrot Cake - Karottenkuchen

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 250 g carrots, shredded
• 200 g brown sugar
• 1 vanilla bean (scrapings)
• 200 g melted butter
• 250 g roasted hazelnuts (ground)
• 50 g flour
• 4 -5 eggs (separated)
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 pinch cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon lemon zest (i prefer orange) or 1 teaspoon orange zest (i prefer orange)

Recipe

• 1 beat butter and sugar in a bowl until fluffly.
• 2 add egg yolks, orange or lemon cest, dash of cinnamon, vanilla bean scrapings and keep on mixing.
• 3 mix flour, hazelnuts and baking powder evenly.
• 4 beat eggwhites with pinch of salt until fluffy.
• 5 add shredded carrots to egg, sugar and egg yolk mixture.
• 6 add hazelnuts and flour/baking powder mixture.
• 7 work egg whites into dough carefully, this will make it fluffly.
• 8 bake at 180°c for about 45 to 60 minutes.