Carrot cake with pear mousse

Recipe for an amazing carrot cake with pear mousse

Prepare with me today a delicious carrot cake with pear mousse. This simple moist carrot cake will appeal to everyone, especially with a light-as-a-feather pear mousse made from pears and whipped cream. It’s an ideal cake for autumn – in a beautiful sunny color and very simple to make. It’s a great cake for the weekend with coffee or tea. You must try it!

Carrot cake with pear mousse step-by-step recipe

If you like carrot cakes but are looking for a recipe with an extra “WOW” factor, try this recipe.

Carrot cake with pear mousse recipe

Wypieki Beaty

Recipe for a delicious carrot cake with pear and whipped cream mousse.

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Prep Time 4 hours hrs

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 4 hours hrs 30 minutes mins

Course Cakes

Cuisine American cuisine

Servings 24

Calories 224 kcal

Wyposażenie

• Recipe for a baking tray approximately 20/30 cm in size.

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Składniki

carrot cake ingredients:

• 300 g wheat flour – all-purpose ((2 cups))
• 200 g sugar ((1 cup))
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)
• 4 eggs (size L)
• approx. 300 g carrots ((3 cups) finely grated)
• 3/4 cup oil (180 ml)

pear mousse ingredients:

• 3-4 pears ( – mine weighed 780 g in total)
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 50 g sugar ((1/4 cup) – or to taste)
• 120 ml heavy cream (well chilled – I used 30%)
• 2 teaspoons gelatin ( plus a little water)

Instrukcja

 

How to make pear mousse for carrot cake

• It’s best to start by preparing the pear mousse.
• Peel the pears, remove the core, and dice the fruit.
  3-4 pears
• Transfer the pears to a saucepan, add sugar, lemon juice, and a little water – cook until the pears soften and break down.
  50 g sugar, 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• Blend the fruit, or mash it thoroughly with a fork – chill in the refrigerator (I made it the day before).

How to make carrot cake

• Blend together eggs, oil, and sugar.
  200 g sugar, 4 eggs, 3/4 cup oil
• Mix the flour with baking soda, baking powder, and cinnamon.
  300 g wheat flour – all-purpose, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 0.5 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix.
• Add the grated carrots and mix with a spoon – if the batter is too thick, you can add a little milk.
  approx. 300 g carrots
• Line a baking pan approximately 20/30 cm in size with baking paper.
• Pour the batter into the pan.
• Bake at 180 degrees Celsius (top/bottom heat) for about 30 minutes – until a toothpick comes out clean.
• After baking, let it cool.

Carrot cake with pear mousse – finishing

• Finish the pear mousse.
• Whip the cold heavy cream until stiff, add to the chilled pears and gently mix.
  120 ml heavy cream
• Pour a little cold water over the gelatin. Once it swells, heat it briefly in the microwave or a double boiler – until it’s liquid.
  2 teaspoons gelatin
• Add 1-2 tablespoons of pear mousse to the gelatin and mix, then pour the entire mixture into the rest of the mousse and mix thoroughly.
• Spread the mousse over the cooled cake and smooth the surface.
• Chill the entire cake for 1-2 hours in the refrigerator.

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Wartości Odżywcze

Servings: 100gCalories: 224kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 4gFat: 12g

Keyword cake with pear mousse, carrot cake

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Carrot cake with pears – notes

I felt like having a simple carrot cake, so without thinking too long, I got to work :)

This way, I ate a delicious cake, and the blog gained a new great recipe for carrot cake with pear mousse.

The cake itself is quick and simple, made from basic ingredients.

The icing on the cake here is the pear mousse.

Delicate, fluffy, and delicious.

Możecie oczywiście zrezygnować z niego, ale po co? 🤣🤣

You absolutely must make it – together it’s a true fairy tale.

How to make carrot cake – tips

The carrot cake itself is very simple to make. You will only need basic ingredients – flour, sugar, eggs, oil, spices, and of course, carrots. How to prepare carrots for carrot cake? I grate them on a fine grater – so that I get fine shreds. Carrots prepared this way are almost invisible in the cake after baking, but they give it moisture, color, and flavor.

How to make pear mousse for the cake?

First, prepare the pears themselves – you need to stew them in a saucepan until they soften and fall apart. Then you can additionally blend them or mash them thoroughly with a fork. Chill the prepared pears in the refrigerator for several hours – you can make them in the evening and chill them overnight in the refrigerator. Before serving the carrot cake, whip cold heavy cream until stiff, add the chilled pears and gelatin, and mix together. This is how a light-as-a-cloud pear mousse is created :)

Carrot and pear cake is a cake for a large baking sheet, so there will definitely be enough for everyone :) Prepare it for the weekend and delight everyone with its wonderful taste and appearance.

Let me know in the comments how you liked my carrot cake with pear mousse :)

I also encourage you to try other carrot cake recipes from the blog – e.g., for Brazilian carrot cake, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, or zucchini-carrot cake.

I found the idea for pear mousse here.

Recommended recipes for simple carrot cakes

Be sure to also try my other recipes for delicious carrot cakes. Here I recommend these three recipes:

Chocolate carrot cake recipe with video

Moist carrot bundt cake recipe with video

Carrot Loaf Cake Recipe with Video