Ingredients:
All purpose flour - 1 1/2 cups
Powdered Sugar - 1 cup (I used brown sugar)
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder - 1 tsp
Salt - a pinch(skip this if you are using salted butter)
Carrot (grated) - 1 cup (around 2 medium sized carrots)
Cooking oil - 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
Water - 3/4 cup
Walnuts - 5
Method
Add the cinnamon powder and grated carrots to it and mix well until evenly spread.
Now pour in the melted butter, cooking oil, water and vanilla essence and mix until well blended.
Do not over beat.
Preheat oven to 190°C. Line the cake mould and bake for 40-45 min. Adjust the time according to your oven settings.
Check if cooked by inserting a skewer in the center. Once done, allow it to cool on a wire rack for a while.
Delicious carrot cakes are ready
Enjoy them warm
Finally found an easy recipe for making cream cheese at home.... Here is the link http://www.sharmispassions.com/2012/07/homemade-cream-cheese.html
Here is the recipe for cream cheese frosting for carrot cake (courtesy tasteandflavours.com)
| In bowl of electric mixer/blender or whisk,beat the cream cheese (225 gms) and 57 gms of butter, on low speed, until well blended with no lumps. |
Gradually add the powdered sugar(230 gms) and beat on low speed, until fully incorporated and smooth. Beat in the vanilla extract (1 tsp), and lemon/orange (1 tsp) zest.
