cream cheese frosting for carrot cake
This Carrot Cake recipe features shredded carrots and spices. It is topped with cream cheese frosting. Carrot Cake is a favorite cake flavor. This cake recipe is simple and easy to make. You can decorate it with carrot cake frosting.
Basic Ingredients for cream cheese frosting for carrot cake
- 300g Carrots, shredded
- 400g Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 1/2 Cups | 375ml Vegetable Oil
- 250g Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 Cup | 1 Stick | 115g Butter 7oz | 200g Cream Cheese 3 Cups | 375g Icing Sugar | Powdered Sugar
How to make cream cheese frosting for carrot cake
- Add the shredded carrots into a medium-sized bowl. Add the eggs and vanilla to the bowl. Mix well until all is combined.
- Now Combine the flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry. Fold in the flour using a wooden spoon. Continue folding until no dry flour remains.
- The cake batter should be poured into either one 8-inch or two 7-inch greased and lined cake tins. Now 340F oven for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
- Let cool completely before decorating. Mix room temperature butter with a mixer on a stand mixer for 5 minutes, or with a handheld mixer until it is pale and lightened and has doubled in volume.
- Mix the cream cheese and butter. Beat for one minute to combine. To remove any lumps, stir the powdered or icing sugar into the butter. Add it in three parts to the cream cheese and butter, beating well between each addition.
- After this, Scrape the sides of your bowl with a spatula. Continue beating for one minute to make the frosting fluffy. Spread a cup of cream cheese frosting on one of the cakes before adding it to the other. Now Use an offset spatula to cover the cake with cream cheese frosting. Allow the frosting and cake to cool for at least a couple of hours before you cut a slice.