Quote Originally Posted by Alana
Carrot Cake

Ingredients :

5 eggs, separated
275 gm. sugar, granulated
1 lemon, juiced
2 lemons, zest, grated
250 gm. Almonds, ground
300 gm Carrots, finely grated
75 gm Cornflour
1 pch Cinnamon, ground
1 pch Cloves, ground
10 gm Baking powder
50 ml Kirsch
1 pch Salt
Orange & Lemon glazing
fondant icing


Beat together the egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest, until light. Add the finely grated carrots and the almonds.
Mix in the cornflour, cinnamon, ground cloves and baking powder. Then add the kirsch. Mix or beat until smooth. Beat the egg whites until stiff and carefully fold in.
Butter a tin (24 cm diameter, 5 cm high), dust with flour. Turn the mixture into the tin. Bake in the oven for 50 ... 60 minutes at 180 oC.
When cooked, brush the cake with a hot glaze and thin fondant icing.

Pls gimme a substitute for kirsch.