Nigella lawson carrot cake

Nigella's Ginger and Walnut Carrot Cake never fails to win over friends and family.

Defiantly "original", Nigella Lawson has shared her recipe for ginger and walnut carrot cake.

Nigella Carrot Cake Recipe

Not all carrot cakes are created equal, especially where Nigella is concerned. This recipe, "originating from Venetian Jews, which sounds refreshingly medieval, made as it is from ground almonds, rather than flour, is enriched with eggs and olive oil and studded with rum-soaked sultanas." As she admits, "it's not much to look at'"– a golden disc about half the height of one layer of an ordinary cake – but it's incredibly moist and deliciously nutty, with a lovely citrus kick too. It's also…

This is every bit as wonderful as it sounds: an Italian torta di riso, refracted through the prism of someone who loves a bowl of very British rice pudding. The Italians like to stud their rice cake with candied peel, bake it in a tin lined with breadcrumbs or crushed amaretti, and eat it cold; I sprinkle mine with nutmeg, and serve it warm, most frequently with a jewel-bright jam sauce. But it's also lovely with poached fruit and I can't help thinking it would be fabulous with a bit of…

Sweet cream cheese icing is the perfect topping to this moist Carrot Cake Loaf recipe. Chopped nuts give a tasty contrast to fresh carrots.

I long thought that carrot cake was an American invention, until I found out that an early version was made by Venetian Jews in the original ghetto. This modest disc is very different from the gargantuan US model with its rich sweet cream-cheese filling and topping, and although — apart from a glorious goldenness — it's not much to look at, it is divine to eat. It also has the added virtue of being attractive to those with dairy and gluten allergies: it came to me dairy free, and I decided…

Add intrigue to a classic with Nigella Lawson's recipe for Ginger and Walnut Carrot Cake topped with crystallised ginger, as seen on her BBC series, At My Table.

Nigella’s Venetian Carrot Cake is made with toasted pine nuts, grated carrots, golden sultanas, rum, caster sugar, olive oil, vanilla extract, large eggs, ground almonds, nutmeg, and lemon zest and juice. This delicious Venetian Carrot Cake recipe creates a tasty dessert that takes about 1 hour to prepare and can serve up to 8 people.