There are trifles on a wooden cutting board. There are trifles on a wooden cutting board. Behind them are glowing Christmas lights.

Dessert+baking

Trifles carrot-orange-persimmon

Prep Time: 20 min / Cook Time: 40 min / Total Time: 1 hr

The ingredient list on these trifles is a little longer than what I usually post, but trust me when I say that it’s worth it — and isn’t it the perfect time of year to set aside an afternoon for a baking project?

Author and photographs: Olga

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In that recipe, I used 100 grams of candied oranges. You can make them yourself or buy those that are in the store and boil them in a syrup of 100 grams of sugar and 100 grams of water. Drain the water.

Trifles carrot-orange-persimmon

Yield: 3 pieces

Ingredients

Carrot cake batter

1 yolk
30 gr sugar
50 gr carrots
20 gr nuts (I have walnuts)
25 gr flour
a pinch of salt
1/3 tsp baking powder
a pinch of cinnamon
20 gr butter

Persimmon-orange cream

30 gr sugar
33 gr butter
70 gr white chocolate
vanilla
4 gr cornstarch
100 gr persimmon
100 gr orange pulp

Chantilly "hats"

150 gr cream 33%
22 g powdered sugar (optional)

Instructions

For the cake batter

Beat the yolk with sugar until fluffy (3-4 minutes), add grated carrots, and mix with a whisk. Scroll nuts together with flour and salt in a chopper (until small pieces of nuts) mix spices, soda, and baking powder with the flour part. Pour the nut into the liquid part, pour the melted butter, and stir with a spatula. Pour into a 15*20 cm mold. Bake at 170 gr for about 15-20 minutes. When the cake has cooled down - pack in food. cling film and leave to rest in the refrigerator for several hours.

Persimmon-orange cream

If you do not like persimmon - replace it with another 100 grams of orange pulp. Peel the orange from the peel and internal membranes. Puree orange pulp, persimmon, sugar, and starch to a puree state with a submersible blender. Brew the mass over low heat - for 1 minute AFTER boiling. Add chocolate, vanilla, and butter and beat again with a blender until smooth. Cool down.

Chantilly hats

Whip cream with sugar until fluffy

Assembling

Assembly 1 tbsp. cake, then - 2 tbsp. persimmon-orange cream, then 1 tsp candied fruits, and about 1 tbsp. Chantilly cream. We repeat - cake, persimmon-orange cream, candied fruits, cream. Decorate with mint and any bright berry.