Carrot sponge cake with walnuts and fruit

1. My carrots, after which we clean them and three on a medium grater. We wash and dry the nuts (you can take pecans or just walnuts), chop them finely. If it is decided to add raisins to the dough, also wash it and soak it for 20 minutes in warm water, then drain the water, wash the raisins again and dry with a paper towel. Pineapple (apple, pear) cut into very small cubes (can be crushed in a blender). We take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance so that it has time to soften.

2. Turn on the oven to warm up to 180 degrees Celsius. Two baking pans with a diameter of 22-24 cm are lubricated with a small amount of vegetable oil and then lined with baking paper.

3. In a large deep bowl, combine together almost all the dry ingredients: sift flour, pour baking powder and baking soda, add salt, as well as ground cinnamon, ginger powder and ground nutmeg. With the help of a whisk, mix everything thoroughly.

4. In another bowl, pour vegetable oil, beat it into a foam, and then spread the fruit cubes, pour brown and ordinary sugar, pour in vanilla extract. Whisk everything well. Then break the eggs one at a time, beating the mixture until smooth each time.

5. We combine the dry and wet mixtures, adding the first to the second in small parts. Mix until smooth, not forgetting to scrape the dough from the walls, and then add grated carrots to the bowl (the juice must first be squeezed out), chopped nuts and raisins. Mix everything together.

6. We divide the dough into two prepared forms and put it in the oven that has had time to warm up for 40-45 minutes. It may take a little less or a little more time. The readiness of the biscuit is easy to check. Insert a dry wooden skewer into the center of the cake, then remove it and check for dryness. If it is clean and dry, the biscuit is ready. We take the molds out of the oven and leave the biscuit in them for half an hour. After we spread the biscuit (after removing the baking paper) on the grill until it cools completely.

7. In a large bowl, spread the cream cheese and softened butter. Beat it with a mixer for 2-3 minutes until smooth. The speed of the mixer is set low. Add vanilla extract, salt and powdered sugar (you can use parts to adjust the sweetness of the cream to your taste). Mix everything until thick and homogeneous.

8. We assemble the cake, smearing it with cream between the cakes, covering it with cream from above and from the sides. After decorating the finished cake to your taste - nuts, berries, grated chocolate.

Have a delicious tea party!