Carrot and Nuts cake with chocolate cover

Name: Carrot and Nuts cake with chocolate cover
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 290 g Carrots; 290 g Sugar; 120 mL Oil; 4 Eggs; 200 g Flour; 1 teaspoon Baking Powder; Nuts; 200 g Chocolate; 2 soup spoons Butter; 2 soup spoons Sour cream

Harukime @cook_4425999

This one was a birthday cake present for a friend. She loves chocolate and nuts. I was like: chocolate cake or nuts cake, it was a difficult decision. And then click! Why not use the two in one? So I made the irresistible combination of carrot cake with chocolate cover and the final ingredient, nuts.

Harukime @cook_4425999

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Ingredients

40 mins

6 servings

290 gCarrots
290 gSugar
120 mLOil
4Eggs
200 gFlour
1 teaspoonBaking Powder
Nuts
200 gChocolate
2 soup spoonsButter
2 soup spoonsSour cream

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Steps

40 mins

1

For the cake: In a food processor, thin the carrots and reserve it. Mix the egg yolks with the sugar, must be homogeneous. Add gradually the thin carrots and mix well. At the same time you mix, add the oil in wire. Incorporate the flour and the Backing Powder, combine gradually with the cake batter.
2

In a bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff. Carefully and gradually beat the eggs white with the cake batter. Add crushed nuts, at your choice. Pour the mixture in a rectangular baking pan and bake in the oven at 356ºF (180ºC), for 25-30 minutes.
3

For the cover: Melt the chocolate with the butter and the sour cream (I did with the microwave). For time to time, mix the chocolate.
4

When the cake is baked, cover it with the chocolate and add some crushed nuts on the top. It goes to the fridge until the chocolate solidifies. Cut into little squares.