Carrot-and-vegetable pie with orange glaze

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Ingredients

• 250 g of butter + a little for lubrication;
• 200 g of sugar;
• 3 eggs;
• 250 g of flour;
• 2 teaspoons baking powder;
• a pinch of salt;
• 1 teaspoon of soda;
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon;
• ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg;
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves;
• 3 oranges ;
• 100 g of carrots;
• 100 g of courgettes;
• 140 g of powdered sugar.
  
  

Preparation

Beat the butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and grated zest of two oranges with a mixer. Add the grated carrots and zucchini through a medium grater and mix well.

Lubricate the mold with a diameter of 23 cm and place the dough there. Bake at 180 ° C for about 30 minutes. Check the readiness with a toothpick: it should come out of the center of the cake clean.

Mix the powdered sugar and 2-3 tablespoons of orange juice. Pour the resulting glaze lightly cooled cake and sprinkle with the peeled peel of the remaining orange. Before serving, allow the glaze to freeze.

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