Potted carrot cupcakes

Total: 1 hr 15 min. | Active: 45 min.
vegetarian

Ingredients

for 8 person

Carrot cupcakes
egg yolks
80 g sugar
1 pinch salt
organic lemon, use half of the grated zest and half of the juice
250 g carrot, finely grated
1 pinch cinnamon
150 g ground almonds
50 g pecan nut, coarsely chopped
50 g white flour
¼ tsp baking powder
egg whites
Crumble
50 g butter, melted, left to cool
100 g white flour
2 tbsp chopped pistachios
1 ½ tbsp sugar
1 tsp Kitchen matcha
To bake
marzipan carrot

How it's done

Carrot cupcakes

Beat the egg yolk with the sugar and salt until light and creamy. Stir in the lemon zest and juice, carrots, cinnamon, almonds and pecan nuts. Combine the flour and baking powder, add to the mixture. Beat the egg whites until stiff, carefully fold into the mixture. Divide the cake mixture between the prepared pots.

Crumble

Mix the butter, flour, pistachios, sugar and matcha with a fork until the mixture turns crumbly, spread the crumble on top of the cakes.

To bake

Approx. 30 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180°C. Remove from the oven, leave to cool on a cooling rack. Decorate with marzipan carrots.

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