Carrot Cake Roll
"I love how fancy cake rolls look, but I'd never tried much more than the typical pumpkin roll at Christmas. This is a terrific variation and looks like it was much harder than it actually is!
This recipe is also made with honey rather than processed sugar."
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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Cake
- 2⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 eggs, separated
- 1⁄2 cup honey
- 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup grated carrot
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
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Filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 cup chopped raisins (optional)
- 2 tablespoons coconut
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Spray a jellyroll pan with nonstick cooking spray, then line with wax paper or parchment paper.
- Spray paper with more cooking spray.
- Sift together the flour, cornstarch, baking powder and cinnamon.
- In a medium bowl, beat the egg yolks until light and thick. Blend in honey, lemon and vanilla. Stir in dry ingredients until just blended. Stir in carrots. In a bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Sprinkle in cream of tartar and beat until stiff peaks form. Stir about 1/4 of egg whites into batter, then fold in the rest. Spoon batter into pan. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.
- In a bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy; beat in honey, vanilla extract, raisins and coconut.
- Sprinkle a towel with coconut. Loosen cake and turn onto towel, peel off wax paper. Roll cake up in towel and let stand for 1 minute. Unroll and let stand for 3 minutes, then roll up and let stand until cool. Unroll cake; remove towel. Spread with filling right to edges of cake. Re-roll cake.
- Store in refrigerator.
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Reviews
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The carrots were still crunchy, the honey overpowered the taste of the filling, it was awful. We took one bite & threw it out. It was very pretty with the coconut but inedible. Perhaps if the carrots were blanched before adding as 12-15 minutes is not long enough to cook them and skip the honey in the filling.
