Carrot cake with walnut and cream cheese frosting recipe

Carrot Cake with Walnut and Cream Cheese Frosting recipe

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This carrot cake with walnut and cream cheese frosting recipe is a delightful treat that will satisfy any sweet tooth. The combination of moist carrot cake, crunchy walnuts, and rich cream cheese frosting creates a perfect balance of flavors. With its warm spices and tender texture, this recipe is sure to become a favorite for any occasion. Whether you're baking it for a special celebration or simply indulging in a slice for dessert, this carrot cake is guaranteed to impress.

Keywords: carrot cake, walnut, cream cheese frosting, moist, spices.

Carrot cake with walnut and cream cheese frosting recipe details

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Ingredients

250 g	all purpose flour
4 medium	eggs
200 g	dark brown sugar or brown sugar
200 g	white sugar
290 ml	vegetable oil or olive oil
2 tsp	ground cinnamon
1 tsp	mixed spice
½ tsp	salt
2 tsp	baking soda
1 tsp	baking powder
2 tsp	vanilla extract
330 g	finely grated carrot
110 g	chopped walnut
	For the frosting:
80 g	butter, soft
225 g	cream cheese, soft
240 g	icing sugar or more
½ tsp	vanilla extract

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a greased 9 inch or 23cm cake tin with baking paper.

In a mixing bowl, cream together the eggs, sugars, oil and vanilla extract. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon and mixed spice in the wet mixture and fold in until well combined. Add carrots and walnuts and stir until well combined.

Fill the batter into the cake tin and bake for 40 – 50 minutes or until a toothpick, inserted in the middle of the cake, comes out clean. Leave the cake in the tin to cool for 10 minutes. Transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool completely.

For the frosting cream together butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract and the icing sugar. Gradually add in more icing sugar to the sweetness you desire. The cake itself is not very sweet, so you might want to have a sweeter frosting.

Refrigerate the frosting for an hour for easier spreading. Coat the cake with the frosting.


Preparation time:
ca. 20 min
Cooking / Baking Time:
ca. 50 min
Grade of difficulty:
medium
Calories per portion:
n/a