Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour; 2 cups caster sugar; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1 tsp salt; 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil; 4 eggs; 3 cups grated carrot; 1 cup walnuts, chopped; 400g cream cheese; 200g butter, softened; 3 cups icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract

A moist, warmly spiced carrot cake with walnuts and a generous cream cheese frosting. Letting the cake layers cool completely before frosting stops the cream cheese frosting melting and sliding straight off the warm sponge.

Total time

65 min

Prep

25 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

2 cupsplain flour

2 cupscaster sugar

2 tspbicarbonate of soda

2 tspcinnamon

1 tspsalt

1 1/2 cupsvegetable oil

4eggs

3 cupsgrated carrot

1 cupwalnuts, chopped

400gcream cheese

200gbutter, softened

3 cupsicing sugar

1 tspvanilla extract

Instructions

Whisk dry ingredients. Beat in oil and eggs. Fold in carrot and walnuts.

Divide between 2 greased 20cm cake tins.

Bake at 175°C for 35-40 minutes. Cool completely.

Beat cream cheese and butter. Add icing sugar and vanilla.

Sandwich and frost the cake layers. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

2849

Protein

28.2g

Fat

200.1g

Carbs

250.6g

Fiber

6.3g

Sodium

1555mg

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