Homemade Orange Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Equipment
- 1 large bowl for the batter
- 1 small bowl for the frosting
- 1 measuring cup
- 1 baking tin of your choice - a loose bottom baking pan is ideal
Ingredients
Cake Batter
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sunflower oil
- 3 cups grated carrots
- 1 cup finely chopped orange - make sure the white skin is removed (optional)
- finely grated zest of one orange
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole meal flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground cardamon
- 1 cup chopped walnuts plus pumpkin and sunflower seed
- 1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 3tbsp orange juice
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 25 grams soft butter
- 125 grams cream cheese - I use Philadelphia cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- juice from half an orange
Instructions
How To Make The Cake Batter
- Beat the eggs together with the oil
- Add the carrots, orange zest, orange pieces, and nuts and mix gently
- Add the flour, sugar, spices, and orange juice with the baking soda
- Mix with a spoon until well combined
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celcius/356 Fahrenheit (I use fan-forced)
- Grease the baking tin and fill in the cake batter
- Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean
How To Make The Cream Cheese Frosting
- Beat the butter and cream cheese with a hand mixer until well combined
- Add the powdered sugar and orange juice beat until smooth Note: add the juice gradually until you reach the desired consistency, not too thick and not too thin
Putting It All Together
- Wait for the carrot cake to cool down
- Once the cake is cool enough, spread the frosting on top
- Garnish with grated orange zest and walnut pieces (optional)
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