Easy Carrot Cake
This easy carrot cake recipe will leave you with a very moist healthy carrot cake that will wow the taste buds and will leave your guests asking for more.
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Calories: 2170kcal
Equipment
- Mixer
- Stove
Ingredients
Carrot Cake
- 1/2 cup butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar brown is best however raw can be substituted
- 1 egg
- 2 small carrots finely shredded
- 1 ½ cups sifted Self-raising flour make sure the flour is fresh and not old as old flour could loose its rising agent
- ¼ cup whole milk at room temperature
- 1 tbsp honey
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp allspice
Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2/3 cup butter
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- small amount of water
Instructions
Carrot Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350°
- Melt 1/2 cup butter and sugar in a medium-sized mixing bowl
- Add finely shredded carrot and using the wooden spoon stir until all the ingredients are just blended
- Add the egg and mix in well
- Add honey
- Stir the sifted flour and spices into the mixture
- Add the room temperature milk and mix lightly
- Pour batter into a 9x9 baking pan
- Bake in a 350° for approximately 30-35
- Check to see that the carrot cake has been completely cooked by pressing down lightly on the top of the cake. The cake should spring back quickly and leave no sign of indentation. Another method is to insert a bamboo or metal skewer into the cake, the skewer when pulled out should have no sign of uncooked ingredients, and be free from any cake mixture.
Icing
- In a clean bowl, add 1 cup of powdered sugar, 2/3 cup of butter, ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract, with a very small (tiny) amount of water.
- Cream the ingredients together, until well combined and creamy. Using a mixer will definitely be easier than doing this by hand.
- Use a flat-edged knife to spread the icing over the cake (make sure that the cake is only slightly warm – this will ensure that the icing flows on smoothly). If the cake is too hot, the icing could run; if the cake is too cold, the icing will be hard to put on.
- Top with chopped walnuts if desired.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Calories: 2170kcal | Carbohydrates: 466g | Protein: 40g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 201mg | Sodium: 521mg | Potassium: 1317mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 318g | Vitamin A: 21180IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 634mg | Iron: 4mg
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