Piccolo Parsnip And Orange Cake With Mascarpone Frosting. Hello friends. Today I am sharing a guest post from Piccolo Parsnip.
They are also not too far from me either. Over in Newark, Nottingham. Just down the road.
So how yummy does this cake look? Made with parsnips pecan nuts and cream cheese I can’t wait to try!! Yum!!
Piccolo Parsnip And Orange Cake With Mascarpone Frosting:
Ingredients:
250g self-raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
250g butter, softened
250g brown sugar
4 medium eggs
2 tsp mixed spice
300g Piccolo parsnips, washed, trimmed and grated
50g pecan nuts, chopped finely
1 tsp vanilla
1 tbsp maple syrup
Rind of 1 orange and 1 tbsp the juice
A little milk
Frosting:
250g mascarpone
250g cream cheese
1 tbsp maple syrup
Rind of 1 orange and a little juice
Pecan nut halves, to decorate
Icing sugar, to decorate
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4
Piccolo Parsnip And Orange Cake With Mascarpone Frosting Method:
1.) Firstly, grease 2 x 20cm sandwich tins and line the bases with parchment paper.
2.) Sieve the flour and baking powder together, cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy.
3.) Add the eggs one at a time, adding a tablespoon of the flour with each egg.
4.) Fold in the sieved flour, mixed spice, grated Piccolo parsnip, pecan nuts, vanilla, maple syrup, rind of the orange and 1 tablespoon of orange juice.
5.) If the mixture is still too stiff add a little milk, it should be a dropping consistency.
6.) Spoon the mixture into the cake tins and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until the top just springs back when lightly pressed.
7.) Cool the cake slightly in the tins before turning out onto wire racks.
To Make The Frosting:
1.) Place the mascarpone and cream cheese in a bowl and beat until soft, stir in the maple syrup, orange rind and a little juice to give a spreadable, but thick consistency.
2.) When the cake is cool spread half of the frosting over one half of the cake and sandwich the two halves together.
3.) Then spread the rest of the frosting on top of the cake and decorate with pecan nut halves. Last but not least, dust with icing sugar.
Piccolo Parsnip And Orange Cake With Mascarpone Frosting:
About this post -Recipe and photo credit by Piccolo Parsnip.
So what do you think about this cake recipe? Do you fancy trying a slice? Because I know I do!!
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Oh my appetite is coming back Claire!:) I could have some of this. Looks so delicious!