🎂🥕Carrot Cake🥕🎂

Name: 🎂🥕Carrot Cake🥕🎂
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 12-18 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 350 g (12 oz) finely grated carrot (about 3 large carrots); 300 g (11 oz) plain flour; 300 g (11 oz) sugar; 250 ml (1 cup) sunflower or canola oil; 3 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 & 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 cup crushed pineapple (optional); Crushed walnuts (optional); 250 g (8 oz) cream cheese; 200 g (7 oz) powdered sugar; 60 g (2 oz) butter; 1 tsp vanilla extract; Grated zest of 1 orange

Irum Zaidi Home Cooking @cook_25196126

United Kingdom

Carrot cake with it’s compulsory frosting makes a truly delicious dessert. Don’t be fooled, the cake does not taste of carrots!

Irum Zaidi Home Cooking @cook_25196126

United Kingdom

Carrot cake with it’s compulsory frosting makes a truly delicious dessert. Don’t be fooled, the cake does not taste of carrots!

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Ingredients

35-40min

12-18 servings

350 g (12 oz)finely grated carrot (about 3 large carrots)
300 g (11 oz)plain flour
300 g (11 oz)sugar
250 ml (1 cup)sunflower or canola oil
3eggs
2 tspvanilla extract
2 tspbaking powder
1& 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
1/2 cupcrushed pineapple (optional)
Crushed walnuts (optional)
Frosting
250 g (8 oz)cream cheese
200 g (7 oz)powdered sugar
60 g (2 oz)butter
1 tspvanilla extract
Grated zest of 1 orange

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Steps

35-40min

1

#for_cake:
Sift the flour into a bowl. Add the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder and salt and mix together.
Break the eggs into a clean bowl and whisk them until frothy.
Slowly beat in the sugar. It should take about 3-4 minutes.
2

Continue to beat the mixture while drizzling in the sunflower oil.
Beat in the vanilla essence. Add the flour mixture and beat for about 1 minute to give a smooth mixture.
Fold in the carrot and the pineapple using a spatula.
3

Lightly grease a two 9" baking tin and pour in the mixture evenly. Bake in an oven at 180°C for 35-40 minutes or insert the toothpick comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool for 30 minutes. Turn the cake out onto a wire rack and leave it cool completely.
4

#For_frosting:
To make the frosting, gently beat together the butter and cream cheese. Slowly beat the powdered sugar into the mixture. Finally, beat in the vanilla extract and the orange zest.
Place the cooled cake on a board and cover with frosting. Finsh with a sprinkling of crushed walnuts.
5

#Tip:
You can also add chopped nuts or raisins into the batter for interesting variations on this cake.
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Irum Zaidi Home Cooking @cook_25196126

on June 08, 2023 15:35

United Kingdom

Hi Home Cookers!Welcome to my wonderful world of sweet treats and savoury feats. I hope you will enjoy making my recipes as much as I do. Happy eating guys!☕Irum Zaidi☕