Best-ever carrot cake with cream cheese icing

Best-ever carrot cake with cream cheese icing

www.nzwomansweeklyfood.co.nz

With its wholemeal flour and vegetables (even seeds), Nici Wickes' carrot cake is as robust as it is delicious. This recipe creates a light, airy and huge cake, so tuck in!

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Cooking tools:

  • Cake pan
  • Parchment paper
  • Oven
  • Mixing bowl
  • Hand mixer
  • Sifter
  • Spatula
  • Skewer
  • Cooling rack
  • Food processor
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon

Ingredients

  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup loosely packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup neutral tasting oil (Nici used sunflower)
  • 2 cups high-grade flour
  • 1 cup wholemeal flour
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3 cups grated carrot
  • 1/2 cup pumpkin and sunflower seeds
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup toasted and chopped walnuts, to garnish
  • Cream cheese icing
  • 200 grams cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 30 grams butter, softened
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

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