How To Make CARROT CAKE

Name: CARROT CAKE
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Cake; ¾ cup (175 ml) vegetable oil; 3 large eggs; 1 cup (200 g) packed light brown sugar; ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar; 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract; 2 cup (300 g) all-purpose flour; 2 tsp (6 g) baking powder; 1 tsp (3 g) ground cinnamon; ½ tsp (3 g) baking soda; ½ tsp (3 g) salt; ½ tsp (2 g) ground allspice; ¼ tsp (1 g) ground cloves; 2 cup (100 g) loosely packed, finely grated carrot (about 7 oz); ¾ cup (75 g) lightly toasted walnut pieces or raisins (optional); Frosting; 1 pkg (225 g) brick cream cheese, at room temperature; ¼ cup (60 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 3 cup (390 g) icing sugar, sifted; 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract; 1 tsp (5 ml) lemon juice; lightly toasted walnut pieces, for garnish

by Anna Olson June 16, 2021

written by Anna Olson June 16, 2021

CARROT CAKE is on the menu in Book recipe, and we are going to teach you how to make this delicious recipe from scratch!

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CARROT CAKE

Rating: 5.0/5
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Serves: 8 Prep Time: 40 Minutes Cooking Time: 30 Minutes 30 Minutes Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Ingredients

Cake

¾ cup (175 ml) vegetable oil

3 large eggs

1 cup (200 g) packed light brown sugar

½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar

1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract

2 cup (300 g) all-purpose flour

2 tsp (6 g) baking powder

1 tsp (3 g) ground cinnamon

½ tsp (3 g) baking soda

½ tsp (3 g) salt

½ tsp (2 g) ground allspice

¼ tsp (1 g) ground cloves

2 cup (100 g) loosely packed, finely grated carrot (about 7 oz)

¾ cup (75 g) lightly toasted walnut pieces or raisins (optional)

Frosting

1 pkg (225 g) brick cream cheese, at room temperature

¼ cup (60 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature

3 cup (390 g) icing sugar, sifted

1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla extract

1 tsp (5 ml) lemon juice

lightly toasted walnut pieces, for garnish

Instructions

Cake

For the cake, preheat the oven to 350 F (175 C). Grease two 9-inch round cake pans and lines the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper.

Whisk the oil, eggs, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl until blended.

In a separate bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, allspice, and cloves. Stir in the grated carrot to coat it with the flour (this will help extract the most color. Add this to the wet mixture and stir until evenly blended (the batter will be wet). Stir in the walnut pieces or raisins, if using. Divide this between the 2 pans and bake the cakes for 25 to 30 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake for 30 minutes in their pans, then turn it out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.

Frosting

For the frosting, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add half of the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Beat in the vanilla and lemon juice and then beat in the remaining icing sugar until light and fluffy.

To assemble the cake, peel the parchment paper from the cake layers and place one layer onto a plate or platter. Spread the top with a generous layer of frosting and top with the second cake. Frosting the top and sides of the cakes and use your spatula to create swirls in the frosting. Sprinkle a few walnut pieces on the top of the cake as a garnish, or press the walnut pieces onto the sides of the cake.

The cake will keep, refrigerated, for up to 3 days.

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