Welcome back greedies, I know you guys waited so long to find out my tiny and secret tip for our famous that british people love: The Carrot Cake now the design is a bit of alternation between a sweet and salty taste which is my favorite part of the cake.
So, it was my father's birthday and I thought that for so long I was trying to bake this cake but never had the right ingredients for it anyways, I picked my tools prepared them in front of me and got to work to make it the best i ever made and surely to impress my family most of all!!
For the cake:
Makes 10-12 slices
300 g brown sugar
3 eggs
300 ml oil
300 g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon (extra to decorate)
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
300 g to 450 g carrots, grated (you can choose the quantity)
100 g shelled wallnuts, chopped, plus extra chopped and whole to decorate
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 170 degree Gas 3.
Put the sugar, eggs and oil in a freestanding electric mixer and beat until ingredients are well incorporated. Slowly add the flour, bicarbinate of soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, salt and vanilla extract and conitinue to beat untill well mixed.
Stir in the grated carrots and walnuts by hand until they are evenly dispersed.
2. Pour the mixture into tbe prepared cake tins and smooth over with a palette knife. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown and the sponge bounces back when touched. Leave the cakes to cool slightly un the line before turning onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
3. When the cakes are cold, put one on a cake stand and spread about one-quarter Cream Cheese Frosting over it with a palette knife. Place a second cake on top and spread another quarter of frosting over it. Finish with walnuts and a light sprinkling of cinnamon.
For the cream cheese frosting:
300 g icing sugar, sifted
50 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
125 g cream cheese, cold
TIPS: depending on your love for frosting you can add or diminish the quantity this one is enough for two layered cake.
look how soft and the white colour makes it look even more delicious |
beat the icing with an electric mixer |
this is the shape you should use the make your cake now you can use another one but i prefer this one it suits more to the frosting and the cake's title |
And voila a nice piece of heaven, and now you're gonna see that it tastes even better than it look, you can trust me on this point of view, Haha ;) |
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