Passover Carrot Cake Recipes

NON-TRADITIONAL PASSOVER CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan with 1 -1/2 to 2-inch sides, place a piece of parchment on the bottom (cut to fit) and grease the parchment.
• Lightly toast the almond flour and the chopped nuts in the oven (in separate pans), stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes.
• Put the almond flour in a medium-sized bowl and stir in 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar, the matzo cake meal, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pinch of salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat the margarine or butter and the remaining 3/4 cup of granulated sugar for several minutes with an electric hand or stand mixer until they are light and fluffy. Then add the egg yolks, vanilla, almond extract, and the lemon zest, beating all those ingredients into the margarine or butter and sugar mixture until well combined.
• Add to that mixture the dry (almond flour mixture) ingredients.
• Mix in the shredded carrots, raisins, coconut, and chopped nuts. The batter is stiff and combining these ingredients is best done with a rubber or silicone spatula, rather than by continuing to use the mixer.
• In another large bowl, beat the egg whites until they are just stiff. At the end, drizzle in 1 tablespoon of lemon juice.
• Gently mix in 2 large dollops of the egg whites into the batter. Then fold the rest of the egg whites in, just until the ingredients are combined. Do not be concerned if bits of the egg white remain visible; combining ingredients without deflating the egg whites means that the batter will not look totally uniform.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, and smooth the top. Bake the cake for 50-60 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack and run a knife around the edge of the pan before inverting the pan on a platter.

PASSOVER CARROT ALMOND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease bottom of 8" springform pan; dust with cake meal, shaking off excess.
• Using electric mixer, beat yolks and brown sugar in large bowl until slowly dissolving ribbon forms when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in carrots and vanilla.
• Using clean, dry beaters, beat whites with salt until soft peaks form.
• Gradually add sugar and beat until whites are stiff but not dry. Gently fold in yolk mixture.
• Combine almonds, 3 tablespoons cake meal and cinnamon.
• Fold gently into egg mixture.
• Turn into prepared pan, smoothing top.
• Bake until tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Immediately run knife around edge.
• Cool completely in pan onrack.
• Remove springform before serving.

PASSOVER CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Passover Carrot Torte Start to finish: 2 hours 5 minutes, including 1 hour cooling time (15 minutes active) Servings: 10 7 large eggs 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided ½ teaspoon cinnamon ¼ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon 5 large carrots, peeled and grated (about 2½ cups grated) 1½ cups finely ground hazelnuts or almonds Heat the oven to 350 F. Coat a 10-inch springform pan with cooking spray. Separate 5 of the eggs into yolks and whites. Set aside the whites. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the 5 eggs yolks with the 2 remaining whole eggs. Add 1 cup of the sugar, the cinnamon, salt, vanilla and the lemon zest and juice. Mix in the carrots and hazelnuts or almonds. In a clean bowl and using a clean whisk attachment, use an electric mixer to beat the 5 egg whites to stiff peaks, adding the 2 tablespoons of sugar once the whites are foamy. Working in batches, gently fold the whites into the carrot batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes, or until a wooden skewer or cake tester inserted at the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool for at least 1 hour before unmolding. Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 189 calories; 91 calories from fat (48 percent of total calories); 10 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 151 mg cholesterol; 23 g carbohydrate; 6 g protein; 2 g fiber; 118 mg sodium.

CARROT-ALMOND CAKE FOR PASSOVER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Heavily oil an eight-cup tube pan or bundt pan. Dust with matzoh meal.
• Beat egg yolks until thick. Add two-thirds cup sugar and continue beating until pale yellow and very creamy. Beat in the honey. Stir in the lemon juice.
• Fold in the carrots and almonds.
• Mix cake meal with salt and cinnamon and mix into batter until just combined.
• Beat egg whites until they hold peaks but are not dry. Gently fold beaten egg whites into the batter. Transfer batter to the baking pan and bake 1 hour and 15 minutes, until nicely browned and springy to the touch.
• Place on a rack and allow to cool completely in the pan. Run a knife or a thin spatula around the edges to loosen the cake, then invert onto a serving plate. Dust with a tablespoon of granulated sugar before serving.