Showing posts with label Cream Cheese Carrot Cake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cream Cheese Carrot Cake. Show all posts

Saturday, 30 January 2021

Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake is a soft, moist, aromatic and crunchy in texture. Many of my friends have tried this recipe and they loved this cake. It tastes heavenly with a cream cheese frosting.
A healthy cake made with whole wheat flour and sweetned with brown sugar. 
Notes:
* Sieve whole wheat flour for 6-7 times.
* I've used bread tin to bake you may use even cake tin.
* Baking tin size 7×3.
* If you don't have spice powders can add vanilla essence.
Ingredients:
Whole wheat flour - 1.5 cups
Brown sugar - 3/4 cup
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Baking Soda - 1/4 tsp
Milk - 1/2 cup
Curd - 1/4 cup
Oil -1/4 cup
Grated carrots - 3/4 cup
Ginger powder - 1/4 tsp
Clove powder- 1/4 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1/4tsp
Crushed walnuts - 2 tablespoons
Raisins - 2 tablespoons
Frosting:
Cream Cheese - 250 gms
Icing sugar - 250gms
Unsalted butter - 2 tablespoons
Vanilla essence - few drops
Method:
# Sieve whole wheat flour, baking powder and baking soda for 6-7 times. (dry ingredients)
# Mix milk, curd, oil, brown sugar, grated carrots, crushed walnuts, raisins and spice powders.(wet ingredient)
# Grease your baking tin with oil/ butter.
# Preheat microwave convection mode @160'c.
# Mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients in small batches. Cut and fold method.
# Cake mixture should be thick in consistency.
# Pour the cake mixture in baking tin.
# Bake @160'c for 40-45 minutes. Check by inserting a tooth pick comes out clean it's baked well.
# Allow it to cool for some time then Demould.
# Allow it to cool down completely.
Frosting:
# Using electric beater, cream icing sugar and cream cheese on low speed for 1 minute.
# Add butter and vanilla essence and increase the speed. 
# After 2-3 minutes you can see a nice creamy texture of cream cheese. The quantity will double in size.
# In a cake board place the cake. Trim the cake slightly and make a crumb coating with cream cheese frosting.
# Use your favorite nozzle and decorate your cake. Chill the cake in refrigerate.
Enjoy your cake. Please do provide your comments.
Thank you!