Carrot Cake
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Measure vegetable oil.
- 2Add light brown sugar.
- 3Add granulated sugar.
- 4Add eggs and vanilla.
- 5Whisk ingredients together.
- 6Sift all purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice and cloves.
- 7Add carrots to flour mixture.
- 8Add flour to wet mixture.
- 9Pre-toast the walnuts.
- 10Add walnuts to batter.
- 11Pour batter into pans.
- 12Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 350F.
- 13Cool in pan for half an hour, then turn out to cool completely.
- 14Beat softened cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- 15Add half of the icing sugar.
- 16Mix to blend.
- 17Add flavoring.
- 18Add remaining icing sugar.
- 19Frost cake.
- 20Add toasted walnuts to the side.
- 21Chill cake for a couple hours to set up the cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
- 0.75 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 0.5 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 0.5 tsp baking soda
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 0.5 tsp allspice
- 0.25 tsp ground clove
- 2 cups finely grated fresh carrot
- 0.75 cup walnuts
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 0.25 cup butter
- 3 cups icing sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Equipment
Baking trayMeasuring cupsMixing bowlWhiskMeasuring spoonsSifterSpatula9-inch pansMixerCake wheelOffset spatulaPalette knife
Tips
- Toast walnuts before using to make them crunchier and sweeter.
- Put cake on a board to easily move it around.
- For a non-gritty frosting, use lemon juice and vanilla extract to help dissolve the icing sugar.
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