JUST HONEY
I am beginning a series of homemade sweet treats that exclude the use of sugar. I am only using honey to sweeten these as I started since the beginning of this year to cut off sugar from my diet. It is cheaper to use normal sugar instead of honey but I believe that for our health it is better to choose healthier alternatives.
Ingredients for the base sponge cake:
300 grams of grated carrots
50 grams of grinded walnuts
130 ml sunflower oil
200 grams of honey
3 eggs
50 ml of sour cream (30%fat)
250 grams of white flour
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
½ teaspoon of grinded nutmeg
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of baking soda
Ingredients for the mascarpone cream
2 lemons (the juice and the grated zest)
100 grams of honey
1 gram of curcuma
500 grams of mascarpone
Ingredients for the chocolate glaze
4 tablets of dark chocolate (I used Heidi 85%)
1 tablespoon of sour cream (30% fat)
1 tablespoon of honey
50 grams of grinded walnuts and whole walnuts for decoration
We begin by heating the oven at 180 degrees Celsius without ventilation.
The process for making the mix for the sponge cake is hilariously simple: you put in a bowl all of the ingredients in the order I have written them and you mix them. That’s it! You prepare the baking forms and pour the mix. You will bake them for 45-50 minutes. This sponge cake is very moist and it does not need extra syrup when you will assemble the cake.
After you baked them leave them to cool down and cut them in layers, I used a bread cutting knife for this.
In the meanwhile we prepare the mascarpone cream. We use the zest from the two lemons and the juice and we mix those with the mascarpone cream. We add honey and curcuma for enhaced yellow colour. You place the cream on the fridge while the cake is baking or cools down.
For the chocolate glaze I have put a bowl on top of a kettle with hot water. This mix is semi-liquid and I poured it into a plastic bag that I cut at a corner in order to decorate the cake.
You decorate the layers with cream and and the end you sprinkle walnuts and decorate with chocolate.
This is so delicious and the best part is that it contains natural ingredients.
