The Recipe of a Carrot and Walnut Saffron Cake for Long and Cold Autumn Nights

In autumn, we experience long and cold nights. Many families have gatherings on autumn nights and eat different kinds of food. The consumption of beetroot, turnips, and legumes is recommended for autumn nights; in addition to these useful nutrients, a carrot and walnut saffron cake, with its high nutritional value, has many fans among children and adults.

Carrots are rich in vitamin C and fiber, which prevent colds and flu in autumn. Besides, saffron consumption helps in energy supply in this season, improves the immune system, and makes the body alive due to its warm nature.

How to cook Carrot and Walnut cake with Saffron?

First of all, we need to prepare the necessary ingredients of carrot and walnut saffron cake. The preparation of suitable and high-quality nutrients is one of the baking cake requirements. You should refer to a valid supplier of healthy and fresh products to purchase cake ingredients.

The ingredients for Baking Carrot and Walnut cake with Saffron:

If you want to make carrot and walnut cake, you need to provide the following ingredients:

Two eggs
A cup of sugar
Liquid oil (half of a cup)
One and a half cups of flour
Grated carrots (one-third of a cup)
A cup of yogurt
Three tablespoons of brewed saffron
two teaspoons of baking powder

Use fresh ingredients to cook carrots and walnut cake with saffron. Mustafavi Saffron, the treasure of Iranian saffron, offers its products to customers in packages of different weights; in addition to the packages, you can also use Mustafavi saffron spray to cook carrot and walnut cakes with saffron.

The Recipe of Carrot and Walnut Cakes with Saffron

First Stage

Stir the egg thoroughly until it becomes frothy and white. Then, add sugar to it and stir the liquid until it becomes white and stretchy. Then, add yogurt and oil and stir for about a minute to mix them completely.

Second Step

Pour the white wheat flour into a strain. You should go to hypermarkets to purchase flour; to make it easier, you can purchase Mustafavi saffron cake powder. The high quality of this powder brings you a better result; and note that you should mix baking powder with flour at the same time.

Third Step

Now, you should slowly pour flour or cake powder into the liquid so that the liquid does not puff up and the flour does not lump in the liquid. At this stage, you should add brewed saffron and carrot powder into the liquid and stir them slowly to get a homogenous mixture.

Fourth Step

You should grease the bottom of a suitable mold for carrot and walnut cake with saffron, which you have prepared in advance, and pour the cake liquid inside it. Pour half of the liquid into the mold; then, pour the prepared and chopped (or powdered) walnuts on the cake, and then pour another layer of liquid on them. It is better to have walnuts in the middle layer of the cake to prevent it from heat damage and removal after the cake is baked.

Final Step

Heat the liquid mold over the oven at 160 degrees for 40 minutes. Then for 10 minutes, turn on the oven to bake the cake well. After baking carrot and walnut saffron cake, get the mold cold a little; then, you should put it in a container with the same size as the mold’s, and with two small hits on the bottom of the mold, put the cake into the container. To decorate the cake, you can use liquid chocolate, cake creams, cocoa, or autumn fruits such as orange, apple, and kiwi.

When is the best time to eat cake during autumn?

You can eat carrot and walnut saffron cake with a glass of fresh milk in autumn mornings. Besides, this cake is a nutritious and healthy snack. On autumn nights, eat carrot and walnut saffron cake with various Mustafavi teas or herbal infusions such as green, saffron tea, cardamom tea, calendula tea, and borage tea.

How many calories does carrot and walnut cake have?

In general, homemade cakes have higher quality and fewer calories; and they are not harmful to children and other family members. Each slice of homemade cake has between 150 and 180 calories. While baking carrots and walnut cake with saffron, you can decrease the amount of sugar to reduce the calories of the cake and pour honey syrup on the cake instead. Natural honey increases body resistance and immunity against autumn diseases and does not cause obesity and overweight.

In Conclusion,

Carrot and walnut saffron cake is a healthy and homemade snack that can provide enough energy and vitality for all family members in the cold days of autumn. Saffron consumption protects the immune system against viruses.

In addition, carrots provide the body with the necessary vegetable fiber; and walnuts, as nutritious grains, as well as energy supply. With this homemade cake, you can make sure that you will eat a natural and healthy meal.