Carrot Cake 🥕

Name: Carrot Cake 🥕
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 slices
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs carrots, grated; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3 1/3 cups flour (about 375 grams); 4 medium eggs; 1 cup vegetable oil; 1 1/2 tablespoons milk; 1 vanilla bean; 1 teaspoon baking powder; Grated orange zest; 1 teaspoon salt; 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 cup raisins (optional); Frosting:; 10 1/2 oz cream cheese (about 300 grams); 3 1/2 oz Greek yogurt (about 100 grams); 2/3 cup powdered sugar (about 80 grams); Grated orange zest; 3 tablespoons pistachios

Cordelia @Cordeliaatje

Kikkerland 🇳🇱

Guilt-free cake because it contains lots of vegetables 😉. I reduced the amount of cream cheese and replaced it with Greek yogurt for less fat.

Cordelia @Cordeliaatje

Kikkerland 🇳🇱

Guilt-free cake because it contains lots of vegetables 😉. I reduced the amount of cream cheese and replaced it with Greek yogurt for less fat.

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Ingredients

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8 slices

1 1/2 lbscarrots, grated
1 1/2 cupssugar
3 1/3 cupsflour (about 375 grams)
4medium eggs
1 cupvegetable oil
1 1/2 tablespoonsmilk
1vanilla bean
1 teaspoonbaking powder
Grated orange zest
1 teaspoonsalt
3 teaspoonsground cinnamon
1 teaspoonground nutmeg
1 teaspoonground cloves
1 cupraisins (optional)
Frosting:
10 1/2 ozcream cheese (about 300 grams)
3 1/2 ozGreek yogurt (about 100 grams)
2/3 cuppowdered sugar (about 80 grams)
Grated orange zest
3 tablespoonspistachios

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Steps

1 hour

1

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2

Grease the cake pan with butter or line it with baking paper.
3

Beat the eggs lightly.
4

Add milk, sugar, salt, oil, and vanilla.
5

Sift and add flour, baking powder, orange zest, and all the spices.
6

Mix well with a mixer or whisk.
7

Add raisins and carrots, and mix well again.
8

Bake for about 40 minutes. Check with a skewer if needed.
9

Frosting: Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, yogurt, and orange zest until smooth. Spread the frosting on the cooled cake. Decorate with pistachios.