Torta di Carote del Veneto

It seems carrot cake is not an American invention. Granted, this version lacks the ubiquitous cream cheese frosting, but there’s no reason it cannot be served with a dollop of mascarpone cheese.

This recipe is a combination of three carrot cakes from the Veneto, all of which had something good and something not quite right about them. Two were from Fernanda Gosetti’s I dolci della cucina regionale italiana, and one was from Giovanni Capnist’s I dolci del V