# Carrot Walnut Cake

A delicious and moist carrot walnut cake topped with a creamy cream cheese buttercream.

- Total time: 45 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
- 0.25 nutmeg
- 0.25 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 0.75 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups grated carrots
- 0.5 cup chopped walnuts
- 0.5 cup chopped walnuts (for topping)
- 112 g unsalted butter
- 168 g cream cheese
- 285 g icing sugar
- 0.75 tsp vanilla extract
- 0.75 tsp lemon juice

## Instructions

1. Pre-heat conventional oven to 160 degrees Celsius. (convection oven: 140 degrees celsius)
2. In a bowl, whisk together sifted flour with baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon powder, nutmeg and salt.
3. In another bowl, whisk together eggs, brown sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla extract.
4. Gradually add flour mixture.
5. Fold in grated carrots and chopped walnuts.
6. Pour equally into two 24cm round pan.
7. Bake at 160 degrees Celsius conventional oven for 45 minutes. (140 degrees Celsius convection oven for 45 minutes)
8. Let cakes cool down completely, then remove from pans and cut dome tops.
9. Make the cream cheese buttercream (recipe below).
10. Top the first cake with cream cheese buttercream.
11. Put the second cake on top, then cover whole cake with the rest of the buttercream.
12. Decorate cake (top and side) with chopped walnuts.
13. Slice and serve. Enjoy!
14. Mix unsalted butter, cream cheese, icing sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon juice altogether until soft and smooth for the cream cheese buttercream.

## Equipment

- conventional oven
- convection oven
- bowl
- whisk
- 24cm round pan

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1853x1tFTr/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/baeafd5e-ae44-4209-9b59-9b0add999025
- Extracted: 2026-03-20

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