Carrot Cake I
Sounds good, been a long time since I had carrot cake, on my to make list. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 1/2 cups olive oil
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups walnuts, shelled and chopped
- 1 1/2 cups grated coconut, sweetened
- 500 grams carrot, peeled, grated, (1 lb)
For the Frosting
- 250 grams Cream cheese, this is one regular block
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon sour cream, OR make from a shortcut
- 2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 C. Lightly grease two 9″ cake pans with butter.
- Whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt in a large bowl. Add the oil, eggs, and vanilla. Beat well. Fold in the chopped nuts, coconut, and carrots.
- Pour the batter into the pans, set on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 45-50 minutes or until the edges have pulled away from the sides, and a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool on a cake rack.
- To prepare the frosting, cream together the cream cheese, sour cream, and butter in a mixing bowl. Slowly sift in the confectioners sugar and beat until the mixture is free of lumps. Stir in the vanilla and lemon juice.
- Once the cakes have completely cooled, frost. Sprinkle the top with chopped walnuts if desired.
Notes
Most expensive item would be the Cream Cheese at 120 Baht. for 12 servings, this is very low cost.
I don't think I would make the sour cream if just making this, plan this this around sour cream you have made and available.
Shortcut: Sour Cream.
Provided courtesy of good friend, Stephen Connell.
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