Carrot-Almond Cake For Passover
- Cooking oil
- 2 tablespoons matzoh meal
- 6 eggs, separated
- 23 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 13 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 cups finely grated carrots
- 1 1/2 cups finely ground almonds
- 1/2 cup Passover cake meal
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 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.
cooking oil, meal, eggs, sugar, honey, lemon juice, carrots, ground almonds, passover cake meal, salt, cinnamon
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/2841 (may not work)