Swiss White Carrot Cake

Name: Swiss White Carrot Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8–10
Cuisine: Swiss
Ingredients: For the cake; 10 oz. finely shredded carrots; 2 cups almond flour, ground almonds; 2 ⅓ cup all-purpose flour; 2 sticks butter, melted and cooled; 2 tsp. baking powder; 1 cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar; ¼ tsp. salt; 1 tsp. freshly grated ginger; 2 tsp. cinnamon; 1 tsp. allspice; ½ tsp. nutmeg; ¾ tsp. cardamom; 4 eggs; Juice and zest of one lemon; For the icing:; 1 stick, or ½ cup, unsalted butter, softened; 8 oz. full-fat cream cheese, softened; 1 tsp. vanilla extract; ¼ tsp. salt; 4 cups powdered sugar; Optional coloring: pureed carrot and powdered matcha

Swiss White is a pale, delicately sweet heirloom carrot, and it bakes into a carrot cake unlike any other — subtle, fragrant, and guaranteed to start a conversation. White carrot cake is a genuine Alpine tradition worth reviving.

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