# Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream

This recipe makes a moist carrot cake topped with a smooth cream cheese buttercream.

- Total time: 35 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 0.5 nutmeg
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 0.75 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (for topping)
- 168 g cream cheese
- 112 g unsalted butter
- 285 g icing sugar
- 0.75 tsp vanilla extract
- 0.75 tbsp lemon juice

## Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 140 degrees Celsius convection or 160 degrees Celsius conventional setting.
2. In a bowl, sift together plain flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder, nutmeg and salt.
3. In a larger bowl, whisk together eggs, brown sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla extract.
4. Gradually add flour mixture.
5. Fold in grated carrots.
6. Pour into a 24cm square pan.
7. Bake for 35 minutes at 140 degrees Celsius convection or 160 degrees Celsius conventional oven.
8. Allow cake to cool.
9. Prepare cream cheese frosting by mixing (with an electric mixer) cream cheese, butter, icing sugar, vanilla extract and lemon juice. Mix thoroughly until it looks lighter and smooth.
10. Frost top and all sides of the cooled cake. Make it as smooth as possible.
11. Decorate sides of the cake with chopped walnut.
12. Slice and enjoy!

## Equipment

- oven
- bowl
- electric mixer
- 24cm square pan

## Tips

- Allow cake to cool before frosting.
- Mix frosting thoroughly with an electric mixer until it looks lighter and smooth.
- Frost the cake as smooth as possible.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BAQFPYfde/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6f23abf1-3342-418c-9d4a-c727324e0bdf
- Extracted: 2026-04-04

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