BBC Food - Recipes - Gluten-free Venetian carrot cake

BBC Food - Recipes - Gluten-free Venetian carrot cake

git.macropus.org

I long thought that carrot cake was an American invention, until I found out that an early version was made by Venetian Jews in the original ghetto. This modest disc is not much to look at - apart...

View Original

Share this recipe:

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp pine nuts
  • 2 medium carrots (approx. 200-250g/7-9oz)
  • 75g/3oz golden sultanas
  • 60ml/2¼fl oz rum
  • 150g/5oz caster sugar
  • 125ml/4½fl oz regular olive oil , plus extra for greasing
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 free-range eggs
  • 250g/9oz ground almonds
  • ½ tsp ground nutmeg , or to taste
  • ½ lemon , finely grated zest and juice
  • 250g/9oz mascarpone
  • 2 tsp icing sugar
  • 2 tbsp rum

More Like This