Find a recipe by the avaliable engredients Your Cooking Assistant
Set the ingredients

Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte)

4

130 min

Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte)

Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 1

Category

Cake Recipes

Time

130 min

Serving

10 persons

Calories

439

Rating

4.00★ (1)

Cuisine

European
Author: Victoria Buriak
This dairy-free carrot cake is a classic Swiss cake that is traditionally decorated with marzipan carrots, but you can of course omit them.

Ingredients

  • butter: 1 tsp
  • eggs, separated: 4 piece
  • white sugar: 1 cup
  • ¼ cups peeled and grated carrots: 2 piece
  • ¼ cups ground almonds: 2 piece
  • lemon, zested and: 1 piece (juiced)
  • all-purpose flour: 0.5 cup
  • baking powder: 1 tsp
  • pinch salt: 1 piece
  • ounces marzipan: 5 piece
  • drop green gel food coloring: 1 piece (or as needed)
  • drop orange gel food coloring: 1 piece (or as needed)
  • confectioners' sugar: 1 cup
  • lemon juice: 1 Tbsp (to taste, fresh)

Metric Conversion

Stages of cooking

Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 21
Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 32
Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 43
Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 54
Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 65
Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 76
Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 87
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
    Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 2
  2. Beat egg yolks and sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in carrots, almonds, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
    Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 3
  3. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl and add to the batter. Stir well to combine.
    Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 4
  4. Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Fold into the cake batter with a spatula. Pour batter into the prepared springform pan.
    Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 5
  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Remove carefully and place on a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 30 minutes.
    Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 6
  6. Knead marzipan until soft and pliable. Pinch off 1/5 and add a little green food coloring using a toothpick. Knead until marzipan is uniformly green. Color the remaining marzipan orange using the same method. Shape orange marzipan into 12 little carrots and make tiny indentations on top with a paring knife. Shape the green marzipan into little leaves. Stick 2 leaves to the top of each carrot with a little water.
    Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 7
  7. Combine confectioners' sugar and enough lemon juice to make a thick icing. Coat cake with the icing. Place marzipan carrots on top around the edges in such a way that each piece of cake has a marzipan carrot. Let icing dry before slicing and serving.
    Swiss Almond Carrot Cake (Aargauer Rueblitorte) Photo 8

How did you like this article?

You may also like