Carrot Cake
Also known as Moist Carrot Cake, Easy Carrot Cake, dessert, baked · Veg + Egg · Sweets & Desserts, Cakes, Cookies & Bakes
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Carrot cake: carrot and cinnamon in an oil and brown sugar batter, baked in two layers with cream cheese frosting. Serves 8, 1 hour 20 minutes, with video.
Ingredients
14 itemsButter½ cup
Cream Cheese200 grams
Maida2 cup
Salt½ tsp
Cinnamon Powder1.5 tsp
Sugar1 cup
Vanilla Essence2 tsp
Carrot, Grated3 cup
Baking Powder2 tsp
Powdered Sugar2 cup
Sunflower Oil1.25 cup
Brown Sugar1 cup
Eggs4
Contains: milk, egg, wheat.
Nutrition
One serving, and the whole batch of 8. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per serving | All 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1034kcal | 8272kcal |
| Protein | 9g | 72g |
| Carbohydrate | 110g | 882g |
| Fat | 63g | 502g |
| Fibre | 2.5g | 20g |
| Sugar | 79g | 632g |
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Method
- 1
In a medium-sized mixing bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon powder until everything is combined together.
MaidaSaltCinnamon PowderBaking Powder
- 2
In another large mixing bowl, whisk the oil, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Whisk in the eggs one at a time.
SugarVanilla EssenceSunflower OilBrown SugarEggs
- 3
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients in three parts, combine it gently using a spatula.
- 4
Add the grated carrots to this mixture.
Carrot
- 5
Take two 9 inch baking pans, line the pans with parchment paper, grease it with little butter.
Butter
- 6
Preheat the oven to 175 C. Transfer the batter equally in the two baking pans.
- 7
Bake the cake in a preheated oven at 175 C for 40 mins. To check if the cake is properly cooked, insert a toothpick into the centre of the cake, and it should come out clean.
- 8
Cool the cake in the cooking rack for 15 mins.
- 9
For the cream cheese frosting, combine the butter and cream cheese in a bowl and beat until creamy using a hand mixer. This should take around 3 mins.
ButterCream Cheese
- 10
Add Vanilla Extract and mix well.
Vanilla Essence
- 11
Add powder sugar in parts and continue mixing using a hand mixer.
Powdered Sugar
- 12
Frost the top of one cake layer and place the other cake layer on top. Frost the sides of the cake also. Cut it into wedges and serve.
Before you start
- How long does Carrot Cake take?
- 1 hour 20 minutes from start to finish. That is 20 minutes of preparation and 1 hour of cooking.
- How many people does Carrot Cake serve?
- 8. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Carrot Cake vegetarian?
- It is eggetarian: no meat or fish, but it does contain egg.
- Is Carrot Cake spicy?
- No, it is not spicy.
- What do I need to make Carrot Cake?
- 3 cup Carrot, 200 grams Cream Cheese, 2 cup Maida, 1 cup Sugar, 4 Eggs, 2 tsp Baking Powder, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Carrot Cake?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Carrot Cake?
- About 1034 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
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