Have you ever tried carrot cake? The calorie content of this dessert may be very high, but may be acceptable. This property contributes to the popularization of carrot cake in the vastness of our country and not only here. Let us try one of the recipes. The calorie content of carrot cake here will be no more than 300 kilocalories. Naturally, the calculation is given for one small piece weighing one hundred grams.
Classic carrot cake
Products for making dessert are quite simple. They are found in every kitchen. Component List:
- The solo product is grated carrots. It must be taken in the amount of two glasses.
- Eggs - three pieces. Useful ingredient for dieters.
- Sugar. If you need to reduce the number of calories, you can take literally half a glass, or even less. Depending on your preferences, take up to one and a half glasses.
- Flour -1.5 cups.
- Lean oil, without aromatization - 2-7 tablespoons. This ingredient gives even more tenderness to the cake.
- 1 teaspoon of soda - pay off 9% with vinegar.
Knead the dough
The procedure is simple and quick with the necessary amount of grated carrots. Carrots can be grated at least three days before the start of cooking. The main thing is to keep it in the refrigerator in a plastic bag. Grinding grater - Korean or medium.
In a large bowl (carrots at the beginning of mixing are very voluminous), mix the carrots, sugar, eggs and vegetable oil. We make it an ordinary tablespoon. Pour vinegar (pay off). Quickly, while hissing, distribute it according to the carrot composition. Pour the sifted flour and mix it thoroughly with carrots and other products. The dough is ready.
Bake, decorate
We take the form in which we plan to bake a cake. Lubricate inside with vegetable oil. We spread the resulting carrot dough. Level the surface of the future carrot cake. We heat the oven, we send our workpiece into its bowels. Baking time at a temperature of 170-200 degrees - 25-30 minutes.
We take out the finished cake from the oven and completely cool. Cut into two or three parts along.
You can grease the cake with whipped cream, or use whipped whites. You can also take apple jam, orange jam. Choose the one that best suits your preferences.
Calorie options: chocolate cream, butter, sour cream, cream of boiled condensed milk - again a wide choice. Coat the surface of the dessert with one of the toppings listed above or pour with chocolate icing.
After the cake is soaked (about an hour or three), you can start tea drinking. In extreme cases, you can just sprinkle the surface of the cake with powdered sugar.