Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot cake with walnuts

Everyone loves carrot cake. This orange-colored spiced flavor veggie cake is the best to satisfy your sweet tooth without adding calories to it. The carrot goes excellent with mixed spices and crunchy walnuts. This is the perfect anytime dessert. You can have this yummy cake whenever you want it.

The light, fluffy cream cheese frosting enhances its flavor so much that you will be on heaven after having a bite of this delicious delicacy.

Let’s prepare the yummiest carrot cake with cream cheese frosting to satisfy our guilty pleasure:

Carrot cake with walnuts

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

The light, fluffy cream cheese frosting enhances its flavor so much that you will be on heaven after having a bite of this delicious delicacy.
Prep: 40 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Total: 1 hr 10 mins
Yield: 10 Slices

Ingredients 

  • 2 Cups Carrot (finely grated)
  • ¾ Cups Oil
  • 1 Cup brown sugar (light )
  • ½ Cup Sugar
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla essence
  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • ½ tsps Baking soda
  • ½ tsps Salt
  • ½ tsp Allspice
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon powder
  • ¼ tsp Cloves (Ground)
  • ¾ cup Walnuts (Ground)

For cream cheese frosting:

  • 8 ounce Cream cheese
  • ¼ cup Butter
  • 3 cups Icing sugar (sifted)
  • 1 tsp Lemon juice
  • 1 tsp Vanilla essence
Nutrition Facts
Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Amount per Serving
Calories
711
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
36
g
55
%
Saturated Fat
 
10
g
63
%
Trans Fat
 
1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
10
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
15
g
Cholesterol
 
86
mg
29
%
Sodium
 
413
mg
18
%
Potassium
 
233
mg
7
%
Carbohydrates
 
92
g
31
%
Fiber
 
2
g
8
%
Sugar
 
69
g
77
%
Protein
 
7
g
14
%
Vitamin A
 
4798
IU
96
%
Vitamin C
 
2
mg
2
%
Calcium
 
121
mg
12
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Equipments

Mixing Bowls
Measuring cups
Measuring Spoons
Whisk
Mesh strainer
Spatula
9 inch round cake tin
Parchment paper
Food Procecessor
Offset Spatula

Instructions

  • Preheat oven at 350 F.
  • Take two 9 inches baking pan and lined with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl take ¾ cup of vegetable oil. Add 1 Cup of light brown sugar along with ½ cup of granulated sugar in the oil.
  • Add three large eggs with one tsp. of vanilla extract into the oil.
  • Whisk the eggs well that sugar completely dissolves in the oil and creamy texture appears.
  • In another large bowl, add 2 cups of all-purpose flour Along with 2 tsp. Of baking powder and ½ tsp. of baking soda.
  • Add ½ tsp. of salt, ½ tsp. of allspice, one tsp. of cinnamon powder, and ¼ tsp. of grounded cloves for great taste.
  • Mix the dry ingredients well.
  • Add 2 cups of finely grated fresh carrots in the dry mix and mix well the crumbles.
  • Add flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix gently.
  • Add ¾ cup of toasted walnuts into the batter and mix well.
  • Pour the cake batter equally into the pan and spread the batter into the pan.
  • Place the baking pans into the oven and bake the cake for 25 to 30 minutes.
  • Once the cake is made, take a skewer to testify the skewer comes out clean your yummy cake is ready.
  • Cool the cakes for a half-hour in the pan and then flip out into the cooling racks to completely cool the cake.

Preparation of Cream Cheese Frosting

  • In a bowl take 8 ounces of cream cheese.
  • Add ¼ cup of soft unsalted butter.
  • Mix well until getting creamy texture.
  • Scrape the batter off from the sides.
  • Add half of the sifted icing sugar into the mixture and mix well.
  • After that add one tsp. of lemon juice and one tsp. of vanilla extract.
  • Mix the juices gently into the cream.
  • Add half of the remaining icing sugar and mix well. Sweet and fluffy cream cheese frosting is ready for the cake.

Glaze the Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese:

  • Take the 1st cake and place it over the cake board on a rolling stand or you can just use a plate. Add a generous amount of cheese frosting in the center.
  • Gently spread the filling towards the edges.
  • Place the second cake on the top carefully and frost it lightly.
  • With the help of a spatula, spread frosting to the sides of the cake and straight edges with the icing.
  • You can create the swirls designs of just plain frosting as per your liking.
  • For the finishing, Lift the cake and coat the toasted crushed walnuts generously to the cake edges all over.
  • Put the cake in refrigerate for a couple of hours for the setting of cream cheese frosting.
  • After cooling cut the piece of the orangie, nutty veggie cake with velvety creamy outer and enjoy with pleasure, friend and family.
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