Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 250g of flour
• grated lemon skin
• 250g of ground almonds
• 200g of carrots
• 1 large tablespoon of (potato) flour
• 1/2 a tablespoon of baking powder

Making

• finely grate the carrots
• separate egg yolks from white
• mix yolks with sugar until you obtain a foamy paste
• add the grated lemon skin, almonds and carrots
• mix, add flour and baking powder
• mix again
• beat the egg whites until firm
• incorporate them mixing from bottom to top of the dough
• put in a buttered and floured tin
• bake 45mins on medium heat
• may be iced with zested sugar