Flourless Carrot Cake • ChefSteps

Summary by Krater

This video demonstrates how to make a modern flourless carrot cake using carrageenan and gelling agents, starting from carrot preparation and spice infusion to layering carrot and cream cheese bases in a ring mold.

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Answers: How do you make a flourless carrot cake with gelling agents?

• flourless carrot cake recipe
• molecular gastronomy baking
• carrageenan gelling techniques
• sous vide dessert preparation

Ingredients

• ~800 g carrots
• 80 g butter
• 140 g dark rum
• 35 g raisins
• 7 g cinnamon sticks
• 2.4 g green cardamom
• 1 g mace
• 0.6 g baking soda
• 50 g sugar
• 4 g kosher salt
• 2 g baking soda
• 1 g vanilla bean seed
• 1 g carrageenan, kappa
• 0.8 g carrageenan, iota
• 37.5 g sugar
• 1.9 g kosher salt
• 0.2 g carrageenan, iota
• 0.1 g carrageenan, kappa
• 112.5 g cream cheese
• 75 g whole milk