Homemade Carrot Cake - SmellTaste

Homemade Carrot Cake - SmellTaste

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Experience fragrant spiced carrot cake topped with mascarpone frosting! Cinnamon, nutmeg, and dates give this recipe a unique twist. Perfect for those with anosmia or anyone seeking a new dessert...

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Ingredients

  • 200 grams Brown sugar (1 cup)
  • 100 grams Castor sugar (1/2 cups)
  • 1 cup Vegetable oil, canola
  • 2 Tsps Baking powder
  • 1 Tsp Bicarb
  • 2 Tsps Cinnamon
  • 1/4 Tsp Nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup Walnuts (leave a little for the topping)
  • 50 grams Dates, chopped into small pieces
  • 1/2 cup Seedless raisin mix
  • 325 grams Flour (2 1/2 cups)
  • 3 cups Grated carrots
  • 2 Tbsps cake flour
  • 2 Tsps Vanilla essence
  • 1 Tsp Fine salt
  • 250 grams Mascarpone cream cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups Icing Sugar
  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream (add a tablespoon if you like it a bit more smooth & creamy)
  • 1/4 cup roughly chopped walnuts & crystalized ginger for topping (optional)

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