

If not possible, you can also beat with the whisk attachment. Use a mixer with a paddle attachment instead of a whisk, that way you won’t incorporate a lot of air to the mixture. Let it cool completely before decorating or filling.įor the cream cheese frosting, beat the butter, which must be very soft, with the cream cheese that must be at room temperature. Once baked, let it settle for 10 minutes and carefully unmold. When you insert a toothpick in the center, it should come out clean. If it is baked in smaller molds, you can start testing after 35 minutes. We should always begin to check at the minimum time, in this case 45 minutes for the 9 inch cake. To bake the cake, preheat the oven to 175☌ or 350☏ and bake for about 50 minutes. Pour all the mixture (which is going to be quite liquid) in the pan and level with an offset spatula. To prep the mold, grease and line the bottom of the cake pan with parchment paper. In my case, I decided to leave the 9 inch as a single layer, topped with a good amount of cream cheese frosting. In both cases, they can be cut in layers after baking. This recipe makes one round 9 inch or two 6 inch cakes. You can use chopped or whole walnuts, whichever you prefer. Add the grated carrot and walnuts and mix until combined. Finally peel and grate the carrots, which should be previously washed. In another bowl weigh out and sift the dry ingredients, and add them into the liquid mixture without mixing too much. You can do this in a bowl with hand whisk or with a wooden spoon. Honestly the hardest part of making a Carrot Cake is grating the carrots!įirst combine the eggs with the oil, vanilla, sugar and applesauce. One of the things I like the most is that it is not so sweet, which makes it ideal to combine with cream cheese frosting or another sweet icing. It is extremely moist, has a slight carrot flavor, and is mildly spicy. This recipe I’m sharing with you is my go-to carrot cake recipe and I believe deserves saving for the future. I tried various styles of carrot cake with more or less carrots, with fluffier or denser crumbs, some sweeter than others. Luckily, in my case, I was very young when it occurred to me to try my first carrot cake. When you’re a kid it’s hard to associate a vegetable like carrot with a delicious dessert. The best compliment I got for this cake was from my brother-in-law who said that he only eats cake at parties to be polite but this time, he wanted to finish the cake all by himself.Carrot cake is moist and delicious, and luckily one of the easiest cakes to make, since it simply requires combining all the ingredients together, without the need of a mixer. However, we were also making gingerbread for Christmas and long story short, a mysterious Baby Yoda landed in the forest to marvel at the deer.īut the flavour! It is moist, lightly spiced and the lemony cream cheese layer complements the carrot cake so nicely. I saw this woodlands cake scene in Pinterest and really wanted to recreate it. Usually, all my effort goes on perfecting the flavour of my bakes but this time I also had a lot of fun decorating the cake. Voilà! Obviously, any good carrot cake also needs that tasty thicc cream cheese layer and this cake delivers.

Other than that, you mix dry and wet ingredients, mix these two together and bake. The only effort is grating the carrots but that can easily be done with a kitchen machine. Well guys, here you go! It is inspired by an Estonian recipe by Linnar Viik.īesides, this Carrot Cake is truly easy to make. Also, my friends really demanded the recipe after eating this cake. Carrots just seem to always be in season. It fits Christmas, Easter, weddings, birthdays, you name it. This Carrot Cake has been my party staple for years. Let’s start with my Favourite Carrot Cake that I made for our Christmas dinner! In the mean time, I happily tried out several new recipes which I am excited to share. I hope you had a relaxing time as well and did something that makes you happy. January was ultra long like always but I enjoyed some downtime and got my year off to a good start by doing some self-development workshops. Hey there! How were your holidays? 🙂 It was peaceful and relaxing on this side of the screen.
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As a bonus, it packs all of those carrots, so you also get veggie plus points while eating cake! Isn’t that just amazing? And boy, do not even get me started on the cream cheese glaze… I could eat that stuff straight from the bowl. This is my all-time favourite carrot cake recipe.
