Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

The recipe Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting can be made in approximately 1 hour. For 80 cents per serving, this recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 39g of fat, and a total of 487 calories. This recipe serves 16. It works well as a very affordable hor d'oeuvre for Easter. 19 people were impressed by this recipe. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. A mixture of baking powder, eggs, walnuts, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. It is brought to you by The Purple Foodie. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 33%, which is rather bad. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting, Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting, and Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting.

Servings: 16

 

Ingredients:

11g baking powder

4g (1/2 tsp) baking soda

4-5 medium carrots, grated

250g cream cheese

4 eggs

1 tsp ground cinnamon

50-75g icing sugar (based on taste)

Vanilla or lemon rind for flavouring

300g (1 1/4th cup) peanut oil

300g (2 cups) plain flour

4g (1/2 tsp) salt

225g (1 cup) sugar

125g unsalted butter

150g ( 1 1/2 cup) walnuts, toasted and chopped

Equipment:

baking paper

sieve

whisk

bowl

oven

frying pan

cake form

skewers

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Butter and line a 9 inch square pan with parchment paper.In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Then, sieve it at least once (I do it thrice - especially for cakes known to result in a dense texture).Beat the eggs and sugar in a bowl until paler in colour and quite frothy.Next, pour in the oil and continue to beat for a few minutes.Mix in the grated carrots, then fold in the flour mixture followed by the walnuts.Pour the cake batter into the cake tin and bake for 40-50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.For the frosting, it's best to have all the ingredients at room temperature first. Beat the butter until smooth ( beurre pommade - as the French say to associate it with the texture of an ointment). Next, add the cream cheese and continue to beat until smooth. Add the flavouring, if using. And then whisk in the icing sugar.When the cake has cooled completely, frost it with the cream cheese frosting and sprinkle with crushed pistachios if you like.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Butter and line a 9 inch square pan with parchment paper.In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Then, sieve it at least once (I do it thrice - especially for cakes known to result in a dense texture).Beat the eggs and sugar in a bowl until paler in colour and quite frothy.Next, pour in the oil and continue to beat for a few minutes.

2. Mix in the grated carrots, then fold in the flour mixture followed by the walnuts.

3. Pour the cake batter into the cake tin and bake for 40-50 minutes until a skewer comes out clean.For the frosting, it's best to have all the ingredients at room temperature first. Beat the butter until smooth ( beurre pommade - as the French say to associate it with the texture of an ointment). Next, add the cream cheese and continue to beat until smooth.

4. Add the flavouring, if using. And then whisk in the icing sugar.When the cake has cooled completely, frost it with the cream cheese frosting and sprinkle with crushed pistachios if you like.


Nutrition Information:

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487k Calories
5g Protein
38g Total Fat
31g Carbs
4% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
487k
24%

Fat
38g
60%

  Saturated Fat
11g
70%

Carbohydrates
31g
11%

  Sugar
17g
19%

Cholesterol
74mg
25%

Sodium
190mg
8%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
5g
12%

Vitamin A
3014IU
60%

Manganese
0.54mg
27%

Vitamin E
3mg
23%

Phosphorus
147mg
15%

Selenium
9µg
14%

Folate
49µg
12%

Vitamin B1
0.18mg
12%

Copper
0.22mg
11%

Vitamin B2
0.18mg
10%

Iron
1mg
8%

Calcium
73mg
7%

Fiber
1g
7%

Magnesium
25mg
6%

Potassium
223mg
6%

Vitamin B3
1mg
6%

Vitamin B6
0.11mg
6%

Zinc
0.73mg
5%

Vitamin B5
0.44mg
4%

Vitamin K
3µg
3%

Vitamin D
0.43µg
3%

Vitamin B12
0.15µg
3%

Vitamin C
1mg
2%

covered percent of daily need
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