How to make
Mix the apple puree with the fine sugar and eggs and mix everything well with a wire whisk. Instead of apple puree, you can use mashed bananas or oil or a mix of both and I recommend that the amount of oil is as little as possible, because then you will be able to taste it in the cake layers.
Add the sifted flour with the baking soda, a pinch of salt, cinnamonn and baking powder. Stir until you have a smooth mixture.
You should add the grated carrots, chopped walnuts, coconut shavings and mashed canned pineapple. Mix everything well.
Divide the mixture into 3 equal parts and bake 3 cake layers in a tray lined with baking paper - lightly greased. Cool the baked cake layers on a wire rack.
For the cream, beat the butter with as much powdered sugar as you like, gradually add the cream cheese and mascarpone and beat the mixture. You may skip adding the mascarpone, but replace it with 1 cup (200 ml) of whipped cream. Personally, I wanted more cream and so I added all three - cream cheese, mascarpone and whipped cream.
Put the first cake layer in a suitable plate and spread it with the melted orange jam - mine is homemade and is not present as a product in the original recipe, but I decided to further moisten the cake layers with it. You can skip the jam if you like or you can replace it with apricot jam, which is very suitable for carrot cake.
Spread the cake layers with a part of the cream and proceed with the other cake layers. I did not manage to flatten the cake, because the cake layers are quite moist and not susceptible to cutting. Smear the whole cake with the cream on the outside.
Melt the chocolate with the milk or cream, cool it slightly and pour the chocolate glaze on top of the cake. The couverture is also not part of the original recipe, so you can skip it as well.
The decoration of the cake is optional - I piped out cream roses, but you can decorate it only with walnuts, grated chocolate - show your imagination and make a decoration according to the occasion for which you're preparing this incredibly delicious carrot cake.
The number of pieces depend on how big the cake tin, in which you have baked the cake layers is - mine was 28 cm.
The cake looks time consuming, but it is not - it is easy to prepare and you only need to spend a little more time on it. But, as you guessed - every piece is worth it.
I made this carrot cake for my loved one's birthday, but they cut it up quickly before I could take better pictures of the whole cake.
