Finally a cake project again! I made a parsnip and maple syrup cake inspired by a Good Food recipe. It is an alternate version of a carrot cake and absolutely gorgeous. I took lots of pictures, so take a look!
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Key to this cake were of course the parsnips which I got from the local market. Just like with carrot cake I grated the parsnips and two (small) apples as well.
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Not easy to get in this country but managed to find some maple syrup. Melt an inordinate amount of butter and sugar together with the maple sugar, add the flour etc and you get this lovely caramel coloured batter.
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I then added the zest and juice of an orange, roughly chopped pecan nuts and the grated parsnip and apple.
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Two 20cm tins and this is the result! Wowie.
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This is a big gloop of mascarpone, a few spoonfuls of maple syrup and a few more pecan nuts.
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Sandwich the two together and there you have a beautiful looking cake! They baked nice and even so I didn't have to cut anything off the top to make them even. This has its own disadvantage: I can't sneakily test the cake! Below is the final result as presented to the gardening group for whom I made it, hence the icing sugar flowers!
xoxo Jennifer
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