Quick carrot cake – GF + DF version

For the GF version you need a tiny bit less (GF) flour and add a bit of water. The rest remains the same

Ingredients

• half a cup vegetable oil
• 60gr sugar
• 1 egg
• 130 gr flour (for the GF version use 120gr GF flour + 10ml of water)
• 4gr vanilla sugar
• 4gr baking powder
• 2 shredded carrots
• 3 teaspoons of small pieces of salted peanuts
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

For the cream layer (non dairy free)

• 2 tablespoons cream cheese
• 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 4 tablespoons greek yogurt

Dairy free version: use DF whipping cream!

Decoration: shredded carrot with small pieces of salted peanuts and thin sliced dried bergamot orange (that gives a beautiful green color that contrasts the orange of the carrot)

Steps

• Preheat the oven in 200 degrees Celsius
• Mix the oil, sugar and the egg till you have a smooth dough
• Add the flour, the vanilla sugar, the baking powder and the spices
• In the end add the carrot and the salted peanuts
• Butter and flour your baking pan
• Bake for 25 minutes
• To prepare the cream just mix well all the ingredients together
• Add the cream on top of the cake and decorate with extra carrot, bergamot orange and more salted peanuts