Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

Name: Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For cake:; 2 cups All Purpose Flour; 1.5 cups brown Sugar; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp Salt; 2 tsp Cinnamon; 1/2 tsp Nutmeg; 3 cups grated red winter Carrots; 1 cup vegetable Oil; 4 Eggs; 3/4 cup chopped Walnuts; For frosting; 200 gms Cream cheese; 150 gms powdered Sugar; 100 gms Butter, softened

Kaveri Obhan @cook_13740377

Super moist, perfectly spiced, this cake is the best use of winter carrots along with a dollop of delicious cream cheese frosting

Kaveri Obhan @cook_13740377

Super moist, perfectly spiced, this cake is the best use of winter carrots along with a dollop of delicious cream cheese frosting

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Ingredients

For cake:
2 cupsAll Purpose Flour
1.5 cupsbrown Sugar
2 tspbaking powder
1 tspSalt
2 tspCinnamon
1/2 tspNutmeg
3 cupsgrated red winter Carrots
1 cupvegetable Oil
4Eggs
3/4 cupchopped Walnuts
For frosting
200 gmsCream cheese
150 gmspowdered Sugar
100 gmsButter, softened

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Steps

1

For cake: Preheat oven to 180°C. In a mixing bowl, cream together oil and sugar.
2

Add all the eggs and mix well.
3

In another bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients, and then add to wet mixture.
4

Use a spatula and stir in the walnuts and carrots gently.
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Pour the cake batter into a greased and floured 9″x13″ cake pan or two 7 inch round cake pans if you want to bake in layers.
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Bake for about 40 to 45 minutes until edges are lightly browned. Use a toothpick and test the middle of the cake.
7

Leave in pan and set on cooling rack to cool. Once the cake has cooled completely, ice with cream cheese frosting
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For cream cheese frosting: Beat the cream cheese, sugar and butter together in a bowl until fluffy
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Spread the icing over the top of the cake with a palette knife or spoon. Decorate cake with more chopped walnuts if desired.