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Carrot Cake (Classic)
A moist, spiced American carrot cake, layered generously with tangy orange cream cheese frosting on every layer.
Total time
60 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
40 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
American
vegetarian
Ingredients
2 cupsplain flour
2 tspbicarbonate of soda
2 tspcinnamon
1/2 tspnutmeg
1/2 tspsalt
4eggs
1 1/2 cupsbrown sugar
1 cupvegetable oil
2 tspvanilla extract
3 cupscarrots, grated
1 cupwalnuts, chopped
225gcream cheese for frosting
60gbutter for frosting
2 cupsicing sugar for frosting
zest of 1orange for frosting
Instructions
1
Mix flour, bicarb, spices and salt.
2
Beat eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla. Stir in carrots and walnuts.
3
Fold in dry ingredients.
4
Bake in a lined 23x33cm tin at 180°C for 35-40 minutes.
5
Cool. Make cream cheese frosting with orange zest. Frost.
Nutrition (estimated)
Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.
Calories
1539
Protein
23.4g
Fat
98.8g
Carbs
148.8g
Fiber
11.3g
Sodium
1130mg
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