Aargau Carrot Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Prepare the 9 inch cake pan by rubbing the inside well with a drop of cooking oil and then scattering a little flour over it. Preheat oven to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C).
• Separate the eggs and beat the yolks into the sugar thoroughly. Add lemon juice and grated rind, carrots, almonds, flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well.
• Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into cake mixture. Pour batter into 9 inch cake pan.
• Bake at 360 degrees F (180 degrees C) for 45 minutes.
• This cake is often iced with a confectioner's sugar icing make by beating 1 tablespoon lemon juice into 3/4 cup confectioners sugar. Little marzipan carrots are the traditional decoration.

Steps:

• 1. Beat together the egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest, until light.
• 2. Add the finely grated carrots and the almonds.
• 3. Mix in the cornflour, cinnamon, ground cloves and baking powder. Then add the kirsch.
• 4. Mix or beat until smooth.
• 5. Beat the egg whites until stiff and carefully fold in.
• 6. Butter a tin (24 cm diameter, 5 cm high), dust with flour. (I think this is a 9-inch pan).
• 7. Turn the mixture into the tin.
• 8. Bake in the oven for 50 - 60 minutes at 180C (350F).
• 9. When cooked, brush the cake with a hot apricot glaze and thin fondant icing.
• 10. Decorate with small marzipan carrots.