Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
Ingredients
For 2 cakes in spring forms or one cake in a large roasting pan.
The cake
The wet stuff
- 16 oz (450 g) dark brown sugar
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla sugar
- 1 1/3 cop (3 dl) oil without taste
- 6 eggs
- 19 oz (550 g) of grated carrot (about 26 oz (750 g) with skin)
The dry stuff
- 14 oz (400 g) white flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tbsp baking soda (1 ½ tsp)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 2½ oz (75 g) of chopped nuts
Frosting
- 7 oz (200 g) cream cheese
- 4½ oz (125 g) of butter
- 9 oz (250 g) frosting sugar
- the zest from 1 grated lemon
- the juice from 1 lemon
- 3½ oz (100 g) of chopped nuts for garnish
For 1 cake in a spring form (half portion).
The cake
The wet stuff
- 8 oz (225 g) dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar
- 3/4 cop (1½ dl) oil without taste
- 3 eggs
- 9½ oz (225 g) of grated carrot (about 13 oz (375 g) with skin)
- 7 oz (200 g) white flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1½ tsp cinnamon
- 1½ oz (50 g) of chopped nuts
- 3½ oz (100 g) cream cheese
- 2½ oz (65 g) of butter
- 4½ oz (120 g) frosting sugar
- the zest from ½ grated lemon
- the juice from ½ lemon
- 1½ oz (50 g) of chopped nuts as garnish
The dry stuff
Frosting
Directions
Mix the wet ingredients separately. Including the sugar.
Mix the dry ingredients.
Mix them together.
Bake at 365°F (185° C) for approx. 30-40 minutes.
If you you use a large roasting pan instead of 2 spring forms you must bake it a little less time. Check the dough by sticking in a trussing needle, knitting needle, small knife, or the like. If there is no dough when you pull it out, the cake is done.
Let the cake cool completely.
Whisk the glaze together and spread it over the cake. Beat for at leat 5 minutes so it becomes light and airy.
If you prefer, you can garnish with a little chopped hazelnuts.
Cool down before serving. Is best the next day.
Notes
The cake is also an excellent base for a wedding cake.
If you use a spring form it should bake for approx. 40 minutes.
If you use a large roasting pan it should bake for approx. 30minutes.
If you use a fresh cheese instead of a cream cheese, you cannot whip the frosting as airy. It can also be a benefit the frosting if you whip in an egg yolk to make it creamier.