Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Recipe: #27203
August 05, 2017
Categories: Desserts, Cakes, Carrot, Baby Shower, Birthday, Brunch, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Fathers Day, Mothers Day, Oven Bake, Vegetarian, Flour, Kosher Dairy, more
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Ingredients
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (200.1 g)
- Calories 680.6
- Total Fat - 37.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.3 g
- Cholesterol - 100.4 mg
- Sodium - 357.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 82.7 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2.7 g
- Sugars - 60.9 g
- Protein - 8 g
- Calcium - 106.4 mg
- Iron - 1.4 mg
- Vitamin C - 11.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2
Butter or spray two - 9 x 2 inch cake pans and line the bottoms of the pans with a circle of parchment paper.
Step 3
Toast the pecans for about 8 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant. Let cool and then chop coarsely.
Step 4
Peel and finely grate the carrots. Set aside.
Step 5
In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ground cinnamon. Set aside.
Step 6
I a large bowl beat the eggs until frothy.
Step 7
Gradually add the sugar and beat until the batter is thick and light colored.
Step 8
Add the oil in a steady stream and then beat in the vanilla extract.
Step 9
Add the flour mixture and beat just until incorporated.
Step 10
With a large rubber spatula fold in the grated carrots and chopped nuts.
Step 11
Evenly divide the batter between the two prepared pans and bake 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Step 12
Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. After about 5 -10 minutes invert the cakes onto the wire rack, remove the pans and parchment paper, and then cool completely before frosting
Step 13
While waiting for cake to finish cooling, beat the cream cheese and butter, on low speed, until very smooth with no lumps.
Step 14
Gradually add the sifted powdered sugar and beat, on low speed, until fully incorporated and smooth.
Step 15
Beat in the vanilla extract, and lemon zest.
Step 16
To assemble: place one cake, top side down, onto your serving plate.
Step 17
Spread with about a third of the frosting.
Step 18
Gently place the other cake, top of cake facing up, onto the frosting, and spread the rest of the frosting over the top of the cake.
Step 19
If desired, garnish with toasted nuts or toasted coconut and/or marzipan carrots.
Tips
No special items needed.