National Carrot Cake Day

NATIONAL CARROT CAKE DAY ACTIVITIES

• Bake a carrot cake

Call the kids down to the kitchen and make it a family affair. Good luck keeping them away from the frosting bowl, though.

• Add carrots to your garden

Carrots are easy to grow. Pick up some carrot seeds and plant them about one-half inch deep and one to two inches apart. It'll take up to 12 weeks before they're ready for cake. And keep an eye out for those rabbits!

WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL CARROT CAKE DAY

• Improved sight

The old adage is true: Eating carrots can improve your vision. Carrots contain lots of beta-carotene, which the liver converts to vitamin A, which then gets converted to rhodopsin in the retina — and that gives you better night vision.

• Improved overall health

Eating carrots has a host of health benefits. Research shows they can reduce the risk of cancer, slow down the aging process, cleanse toxins from your body, and improve the condition of your teeth and gums. They can also improve your skin and help prevent infection.

• Sweet treat

Especially when topped with cream cheese frosting! Luckily, there are many recipes to choose from. You can also add some walnuts or different spices, such as cinnamon or nutmeg. This remarkably moist cake is the perfect dessert!

National Carrot Cake Day, on February 3, celebrates one of our favorite desserts. Carrots contain a natural sweetness that’s just perfect for cake. Many historians believe the cake originated in the Middle Ages when sugar and other sweeteners were scarce. (Carrots were used as a substitute.) The earliest known recipe for carrot cake can be found in a French cookbook published in 1827. While the origins of National Carrot Cake Day are hard to come by, that won’t stop carrot cake lovers from indulging on February 3.

Il 3 febbraio, il National Carrot Cake Day, celebra uno dei nostri dolci preferiti. Le carote contengono una dolcezza naturale che è perfetta per la torta. Molti storici ritengono che la torta abbia avuto origine nel Medioevo, quando lo zucchero e altri dolcificanti erano scarsi. (Le carote erano usate come sostituto.) La prima ricetta conosciuta per la torta di carote può essere trovata in un libro di cucina francese pubblicato nel 1827. Sebbene le origini della Giornata nazionale della torta di carote siano difficili da trovare, ciò non fermerà gli amanti della torta di carote dal indulgere il 3 febbraio.

INGREDIENTS

300 gr Carrots SIPO

2 tbs extra virgin olive oil

250 gr white flour

250 gr sugar

3 eggs

grated lemon zest

juice of half a lemon

1 sachet of baking powder

PREPARATION

Wash the carrots under running water and remove any imperfections. Put them in the mixer and chop them with a drizzle of olive oil or grate them very finely. Add the white flour, eggs and baking powder to the carrots in a bowl. Stir with a wooden ladle until a real dough begins to form.

Now take an ovenproof dish, grease it and flour it well and pour the mixture into it. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake for 20 minutes. After baking, the cake should be allowed to cool to room temperature, then sprinkled well with icing sugar.

INGREDIENTI

300 gr di carote

2 cucchiai di olio extra vergine di oliva

250 gr di farina bianca

250 gr di zucchero

3 uova

scorzetta di limone grattuggiata

succo di mezzo limone

1 bustina di lievito per dolci

PREPARAZIONE

Lavate sotto acqua corrente le carote e privatele delle imperfezioni. Mettete nel mixer e tritatele con un filo di olio d’oliva oppure grattuggiatele molto fini. Aggiungete alle carote in una terrina la farina bianca, le uova e il lievito per dolci. Mescolate con un mestolo di legno fino a quando inizia a formarsi un vero e proprio impasto.

Prendete ora una pirofila da forno, imburratela e infarinatela per bene e versatevi l’impasto. Riscaldate il forno a 180 gradi e infornate per 20 minuti. Dopo la cottura la torta va fatta raffreddare a temperatura ambiente, poi spolverate per bene di zucchero a velo.

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