Carrot Cake

Ingredients

4 eggs

1 ¼ cups sugar

¾ cup oil

2 ¼ cups flour      

1 tbsp. baking powder

¾ cup carrot juice

½ cup grated carrots

1 ¼ cup round hazelnuts

Glace & decoration

1 cup powdered sugar

½ lemon juice

6 marzipan carrots

Method

Preheat oven to 400 F. Beat eggs and sugar until light and creamy. Add oil and juice. Stir in flour, carrots and hazelnuts mixed with baking powder.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in bottom rack of the oven for 50 minutes.  Let it cool.

Sift powdered sugar and stir in lemon juice drop by drop to make a smooth glaze. Spread onto cake, arrange marzipan carrots and let the glaze dry.