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🍰 Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
567 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- soft butter (for the baking pan)
- flour (for the baking pan)
- 350 g carrots
- 200 g sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1 vanilla pod (pulp)
- 120 ml vegetable oil
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100 g flour
- 100 g ground hazelnuts
- 50 g chopped walnuts
- 2 eggs
- 1 pinch salt
- 350 g powdered sugar
- 100 g cream cheese
- 50 g soft butter
- 1 pinch cinnamon powder
Instructions
- 1. Turn on the oven and set it to 180 degrees Celsius fan-forced.
- 2. Lightly grease the springform pan with soft butter.
- 3. Add a little flour into the greased pan.
- 4. Swirl the pan so that the flour covers the bottom and sides.
- 5. Tap the pan lightly to remove excess flour.
- 6. Peel the carrots.
- 7. Grate the peeled carrots coarsely using a grater.
- 8. Put sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla seed paste into a large mixing bowl.
- 9. Add oil, baking powder, flour, nuts, eggs, and salt to the bowl.
- 10. Mix all ingredients well together.
- 11. Gently fold the grated carrots into the batter.
- 12. Pour the finished batter into the prepared springform pan.
- 13. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for about 50 minutes.
- 14. Perform the skewer test to check if the cake is fully baked.
- 15. Let the cake cool down in the pan.
- 16. Put powdered sugar, cream cheese, and soft butter into a clean bowl.
- 17. Beat the ingredients until creamy.
- 18. Carefully release the cooled cake from the pan.
- 19. Cut the cake horizontally into two equal halves.
- 20. Take about one quarter of the frosting aside.
- 21. Spread the remaining frosting evenly on the bottom cake layer.
- 22. Smooth out the frosting.
- 23. Place the top cake layer onto the frosted bottom half.
- 24. Cover the entire outside and top of the cake with the reserved frosting.
- 25. Sprinkle some cinnamon over the surface of the cake.
- 26. Put the cake in the refrigerator for at least one hour.
- 27. Take the cake out for serving only after the cooling time.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 567
- Protein: 6 g · Fett/Fat: 30 g · Carbs: 67 g