Carrot Cream Horns

Cream horns are a delicious pastry treat created in the shape of a cone. Made using puff pastry, these little pastries can be filled with anything you like.

You can find the video here: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/878342733565357933

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Total time: 1hr. 40min. Servings: 10

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Ingredients :

70ml of dairy-free milk ( I use soya)

1/2 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar

80g of self raising flour

20g of caster sugar

1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon of baking powder

1/4 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda

20ml of sunflower oil

40g of grated carrot

1 sheet of store bought puff pastry (vegan)

3 tablespoons of dairy-free milk (you can use any milk including almond, soya, cashew or oat for example)

300ml of dairy-free whipping / double cream

200g of dairy-free white chocolate

green food gel

orange food gel

𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 :

Step 1 - Preheat your oven to 180ºC / 356°F fan and line a cupcake tin with 4 cupcake cases. 

Step 2 - In a small bowl, combine the dairy-free milk with the apple cider vinegar. Whisk until fully combined. This creates a vegan buttermilk.

Step 3 - In a large mixing bowl, sift the flour, sugar, ground spices, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Mix well to combine.

Step 4 - Add the oil to the ‘buttermilk’ and whisk to combine.

Step 5 - Fold in the grated carrot.

Step 6 - Add the wet ingredients into the dry and mix until a smooth batter.

Step 7 - Divide the batter into the lined cases. Make sure to tap the tin on the worktop to remove any air bubbles.

Step 8 - Place into the centre of the preheated oven and bake for 18-20 minutes. You will know they’re ready when you put a knife or skewer down the centre of the cupcakes and they come out clean and they’re springy to the touch.   

Step 9 - Place the cake on a cooling rack and allow to cool fully.

Step 10 - Once cool, transfer into an air tight / sealed container to keep fresh before using. You can also make these the day before and store in the container at room temperature.

Step 11 - (Making cream horns) - Preheat oven to 180ºC fan and grease the cone moulds with dairy-free butter. Line a baking tray with grease proof paper.

Step 12 - Unroll the puff pastry sheet, and use a rolling pin to flatten. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut strips, between ½ inch or 1cm in thickness.

Step 13 - Fold the pastry strip over the end of the mould, wind the pastry around the mould overlapping slightly. If the whole cone isn’t covered, simply add more strips to cover.

Step 14 - Place the horns on the lined baking tray with the end of the pastry down so that it doesn’t pop up during baking. Brush each horn with some dairy-free milk. Optional: You can sprinkle over some granulated sugar to make the pastry a-little crispier.

Step 15 - Bake in the middle of the oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the pastry is golden brown in colour. Once baked, remove from the oven and allow to cool fully before separating the cones from the moulds. To do this, simply twist the mould out of the pastry horn, as we greased the mould, it’ll just slide out.

Step 16 - Set aside until ready to fill.

Step 17 - In a large mixing bowl, add in the whipping cream and whip until thick and stiff peaks. You can whip using a stand mixer with balloon whisk attachment or hand mixer. Transfer this into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip nozzle.

Step 18 - Pipe some cream into the horn, then add in some carrot cake crumbs. Repeat until you have a few layers in each horn. Transfer to the fridge while you make the decorations.

Step 19 - Melt the white chocolate in a microwave or on the hob using a bain-marie until smooth.

Step 20 - Add 2 – 3 tablespoons of the melted chocolate into a seperate bowl and colour with orange food gel. Colour the remaining chocolate with green food gel.

Step 21 - Transfer each coloured chocolate to separate piping bags and snip off the tips.

Step 22 - Line a baking tray with grease proof paper and pipe the green leaves. Freeze until set.

Step 23 - Drizzle the orange chocolate over the cream horns, chill in the fridge to set.

Step 24 - To serve, insert the leaves to the cream.

𝑩𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕! 😊🤍