Carrot cake
Carrot cake

Hello, I am Marie. Today, I will show you a way to make carrot cake recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.

Carrot cake Recipe

Carrot cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Carrot cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To be with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook carrot cake using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:

  1. Prepare For the cake
  2. Make ready 175 g plain flour
  3. Make ready 175 g brown sugar
  4. Make ready 175 ml sunflower oil
  5. Make ready 140 g grated carrot
  6. Get 100 g raisins
  7. Get 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  8. Make ready 3 large eggs
  9. Prepare 1 teaspoon baking powder or bicarbonate of soda
  10. Take 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  11. Get 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  12. Prepare 1 orange (optional)
  13. Get For the topping
  14. Get 200 g cream cheese
  15. Prepare 150 g caster sugar
  16. Take 100 g softened butter
  17. Make ready 1 orange (optional)
  18. Get Handful chopped walnuts (optional)

Instructions to make Carrot cake:

  1. Heat the oven to 180C / fan 160C. Oil and line the base and sides of a cake tin with baking paper. I used a square tin about 22cm across - you’ll need to adjust temperature and heat if you’re using a differently sized tin.
  2. Lightly beat the eggs and mix them with the brown sugar, sunflower oil and vanilla. You can use any type of brown sugar, and substitute vegetable oil if you don’t have sunflower.
  3. Stir in the carrots, raisins and if you want an extra bit of zing add the grated zest of 1 large orange.
  4. Sift in the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg, and mix it all together. You’ll have a fairly runny batter.
  5. Pour the mixture into your prepared tin, and bake for 30 minutes. If you’re using a smaller tin, you may want a lower temperature and a longer cooking time. It’s done when it feels firm and springy, and a skewer comes out clean.
  6. While the cake is baking, make the topping. Make sure the butter is softened, rather than melted, and mix together with the cream cheese and sugar until it’s light and fluffy. I also mixed in the juice of half an orange. If it’s a bit loose, you can put it in the fridge to set a little.
  7. Once your cake is cooked, leave it to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely before you add the topping. Don’t be tempted to do this too soon, or you’ll end up with a runny mess.
  8. When ready, spread the topping generously over the cake, all the way to the edges. Finish with some orange zest and chopped walnuts.

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