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    Home » Recipes » Baking

    Published: Dec 19, 2016 · Modified: Aug 17, 2020 by Usha Rao

    Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Frosting

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    Slices of Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Frosting on a plate.

    Carrot cake is a dense cake that resembles a loaf of bread. Grated carrots are added to cake and is spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and mixed spices. It is served with or without frosting and common frosting for carrot cake is cream cheese frosting. Carrot cake cream cheese frosting is a classic cake to bake for the holidays; either for Thanksgiving or during Christmas.

    This Thanksgiving, I roasted a chicken, made some vegetable noodles and carrot cake cream cheese frosting for dessert. I usually do a Thanksgiving lunch and this was my menu this year. It was a gloomy day and could not take decent pictures. My iPhone photos were better than my DSLR pictures as it was dark near the dining area.

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    For the sake of blog photos, I baked the cake again the following weekend. This time I made half the recipe and baked it in a mini loaf pan. That day I also made vegan penne pasta and the plan was to frost the cake after it cools and take photos of the cake after lunch. By then Mr U asked me twice if he could eat the cake. I gave up and gave him couple of slices and since I already cut the loaf, I cut another slice for myself. Before we realized, we ate almost all of the cake and what you see in the photos is what was left, rather what I kept aside for photos, not wanting to baking this carrot cake again for the third time.

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    The moral of the incident for a food blogger is, not to feed anyone a yummy cake until you take photos for the blog, unless you are prepared to bake the cake again! With so many bakes yet to bake for the this month’s bake-a-thon, I was not going to bake the cake for the third time, though this is an easy bake! I took some pictures with whatever was left.

    The first time I baked the cake, I was hesitant and unsure if Mr U would like the spices that went into the cake and not just him, I was a bit skeptical if I would finish the full loaf. I used less spices than the recipe called for and it was a perfect blend of spices and sweet. And the second time, the mini loaf vanished in matter of minutes!! Mirielle, thanks for those cute little sprinkles.

    Carrot Cake, Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Frosting, Thanksgiving Dessert, Bake-a-thon, Blogging Marathon,

    Source: Sweet & Simple Bakes
    Yields: 1 (8 ½” x 5”) Loaf

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    Carrot Cake, Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting, Thanksgiving Dessert, Bake-a-thon, Blogging Marathon,

    Carrot Cake Cream Cheese

    Carrot cake is a dense cake baked in a loaf pan, frosted with cream cheese frosting. A great dessert to have on a holiday menu.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12
    Calories:
    Author: Usha Rao

    Equipment

    • Mixing Bowls
    • Mixer and a whisk
    • Grater or a Food Processor
    • 9" Loaf Pan
    • Oven

    Ingredients

    Cake

    • 180 grams 6 ½ oz Self Raising Flour
    • ½ tsp. Baking Soda
    • ⅛ tsp. Salt
    • 1 tsp. Cinnamon Powder I used ⅓ tsp.
    • ½ tsp. Nutmeg Powder or freshly grated Nutmeg I used ¼ tsp.
    • ½ tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice
    • 2 Eggs
    • 150 ml Vegetable Oil
    • 200 grams Brown Sugar I used both dark and light brown sugar
    • 300 grams 11 oz Carrots, grated
    • 100 grams Raisins
    • 75 grams Walnut chopped

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • 75 grams Cream Cheese
    • 75 grams Butter softened
    • 125 grams Confectioner’s Sugar or Icing Sugar
    • ½ tsp. Vanilla Extract

    Decoration

    • Walnuts or Sprinkle

    Instructions

    Cake

    • Grease a 9” loaf pan with oil and line it with a parchment paper. I used a 8 ½” loaf pan.
    • Grate carrots and keep aside.
    • Preheat the oven to 350F.
    • Sift or whisk all the dry ingredients in a bowl and keep aside.
    • In a large bowl, lightly beat eggs.
    • Add oil, brown sugar grated carrots, raisins, walnuts to eggs and stir.
    • Add the dry ingredients to wet ingredients and bring the batter together together stirring with a wooden spoon. I tried using a whisk and had to switch to a wooden spoon as the batter is very thick and dense.
    • Transfer it to the greased pan, smooth the top and bake in a preheated oven for 1 – 1 ¼ hour or until a skewer or a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean. I baked for 1 hour 20 minutes.
    • Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before removing from the pan. Remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack until completely cool.

    Cream Cheese Frosting

    • Beat cream cheese and butter in a bowl until combined.
    • Add vanilla extract, confectioner’s sugar and beat until combined.

    Decorate

    • Once the cake is completely cool, spread the frosting on the cake using a butter knife or a palette knife. Add sprinkles or walnuts on top of the frosting.
    • Slice the cake and serve.
    • Store the leftovers in a cool place. I put it in the refrigerator.

    Notes

    • For ½ the recipe, use a mini loaf pan and bake for 58 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
    • Temperatures vary from oven to oven. Keep an eye on the cake in 5 minutes before the bake time is up.
    • Self Raising Flour – If you don’t have self raising flour, came some at home. For 100 grams (4 oz) of all purpose flour, add 1 teaspoon of baking powder. Sift it together or whisk well before using homemade self raising flour.
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    1. Sapna says

      January 10, 2017 at 12:34 pm

      That's the same story at my house . Sometimes I have to make three times for blog. Cake looks delicious no wonders your husband did not wanted to wait.

      Reply
    2. Pavani says

      January 07, 2017 at 6:46 pm

      What a moist and flavor packed cake that is. Looks delicious.

      Reply
    3. srividhya says

      December 29, 2016 at 12:04 pm

      yummy and healthy carrot cake. Very nice.

      Reply
    4. Priya Suresh says

      December 25, 2016 at 12:13 pm

      Wow, such a pretty looking carrot cake, i want to get few sliced from you rite now. Loving it.

      Reply
    5. Sharmila -The Happie friends Potpourri Corner says

      December 23, 2016 at 3:47 am

      Carrot cake is always a winner when it is baked.. Im loving it 🙂

      Reply
    6. Srivalli Jetti says

      December 20, 2016 at 6:28 am

      Wow Usha, the details and the cake crumb looks fabulous!..I can imagine how hard it is to say no when folks ask for the cake..however during this time it is tough to bake the same cake again right!

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