Rüblikuchen – juicy carrot cake for Easter

Juicy cake with small pieces of carrot, almonds and nuts – this is the perfect cake for Easter, although it tastes good all year round. The cake can be made with this simple recipe It’s wonderfully easy to bake and is with icing and marzipan cakes a real feast for the eyes. With classic ingredients and just a few steps, Even novice bakers can make the carrot cake by themselves.

Do you feel it too? Spring is coming, the first birdsong can be heard early in the morning, the days are longer again and it is finally getting milder. Easter is not far away and it’s time to look out for the best recipes for the Easter season. My perfect Easter cake is the carrot cake. I love eating it with my family and friends on Easter holidays – everyone loves it! Because the juicy grated carrots with a loose batter, almonds and cinnamon, sweet icing and (very important) small marzipan carrots combine everything I like about cakes!

You can find out everything you need to know about this spring cake classic and its preparation here. And because there isn’t just one carrot cake, I’m also sharing my other creations with you. For even more enjoyment, so to speak.

Bake classic carrot cake – these are the ingredients

My recipe for carrot cake is quick to make because it only calls for a simple batter. However, this dough is loosened up by ground nuts, yogurt and grated carrots. You can find the complete printable recipe below.

Ingredients for the dough:

• 200 g soft butter
• 100g white sugar
• 100g brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 4 eggs
• 150g flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 3 tsp cream of tartar baking powder
• 50 g chopped almonds
• 200 g ground almonds/nuts
• 100g yogurt
• 300 g carrots, finely grated

Ingredients for the carrot cake topping:

After baking, you can enjoy your carrot cake plain – it already tastes intensely of vanilla, cinnamon and sugar. Or you can decorate it, for this you need the following ingredients:

• 180g powdered sugar
• 2-3 tbsp lemon juice
• about 2 tbsp milk
• chopped pistachios/nuts
• 12 marzipan carrots

The quantities given are sufficient for a springform pan with a diameter of 26 cm. You can also double the ingredients and bake a whole sheet of carrot cake.

Bake carrot cake – quick and easy:

Even if there are a few more ingredients on your shopping list – preparing carrot cake is really quick and easy.

• First you have to prepare carrots, Wash them, peel them and remove the ends. Then grate each carrot (approx. 3 pieces) finely with a kitchen grater. Alternatively, you can also use the food processor. The finer the carrot grating, the finer your carrot cake will be.
• Now it’s up to him Sponge dough: To do this, beat the soft butter with sugar and vanilla and gradually stir in the eggs. Mix the dry ingredients, i.e. flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nuts, and stir them carefully into the egg mixture. Finally, just fold in the yoghurt and grated carrots and you’re done.
• The baking pan It’s best to grease them or line them with baking paper. This way you can pour in the dough and smooth it out. The whole thing is baked for about 50 minutes in a preheated oven (180 degrees fan).

The optimal baking time always depends on the oven. If you are unsure when your carrot cake is ready, turn it over Stick sample on: If the dough still sticks to the stick, the cake will take a little longer.

Important: Let the carrot cake cool completely!

Even if it is difficult, it is better to let the pastry cool completely. This is the only way the carrot cake maintains its stability and you can get a clean cut with a solid icing. If you were to pour the icing over the hot cake, it would immediately run. Once cooled, you can decorate the carrot cake beautifully.

More carrot cake recipes:

Would you like more baking ideas for carrots? No problem! I already have a few delicious carrot cake alternatives for you on my blog. How about carrot cheesecake with cinnamon sprinkles, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting (which I was seen with on ZDF’s “Turnwheel”), healthy energy balls or cute carrot muffins? The alternative without carrots is the delicious hazelnut cake with cinnamon icing.