Frosted carrot cake

Frosted carrot cake

Recipe by: Magimix
74 ratings
Preparation : 20 min
Cooking : 1 h
Total time : 1 h 20
Rest : 0 min
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Equipment

23cm cake tin

8 people

175 g plain flour

2 tsp of ground cinnamon

1 sachet of baking powder (11 g)

1 pinch of salt

110 g of dried raisins

110 g of walnuts

175 ml of sunflower oil

2 carrots

4 eggs

175 g of brown sugar

175 g of fresh creamy cheese (such as Philadelphia®)

75 g of soft butter

350 g of sifted icing sugar

1 pinch of salt

0.5 tsp of vanilla extract

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Chef's tip

You can replace the carrots with 250 g of washed (not peeled) and grated potatoes. In this case add an additional 25 g of brown sugar.

RECIPE STEPS
1Heat the oven to 180 °C. Lightly butter the cake tin.
2Fit the food processing bowl with the midi bowl and the 4mm grating disc. Grate the carrots by running the program.
  • 2 carrots
Robot
3Set aside the grated carrots. Fit the metal bowl.
4Put the ingredients into the metal bowl and run the program. After one minute, remove the cap and add the raisons and the chopped walnuts.
  • 175 g plain flour
  • 2 tsp of ground cinnamon
  • 1 sachet of baking powder (11 g)
  • 110 g of dried raisins
  • 100 g of walnuts
  • 4 eggs
  • 175 g of brown sugar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 carrots
  • 175 ml of sunflower oil
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5Pour the cake batter into the cake tin and bake for about 1 hour. The cake is done when the cake tester (stuck into the middle of the cake) comes out clean.
6Roughly chop the butter into pieces. Fit the food processing bowl with the metal blade, and add the ingredients. Run the program for about 10 seconds.
  • 175 g of fresh creamy cheese (such as Philadelphia®)
  • 75 g of soft butter
  • 350 g of sifted icing sugar
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 0.5 tsp of vanilla extract
Robot
7The ingredients should be well mixed. Refrigerate the frosting until it is cold.
8When the cake is cool, spread the frosting on top and sprinkle with remaining walnuts.
  • 10 g of walnuts

4 comments

Rwbanderson1966

a sachet of baking powder is not a true measurement, can it be changed to (g) please?

DPACC Mum

very blend tasting, will use another recipe with more spices next time.

desiree5493

Cake did not rise enoigh in the middle.

Delphin

needs cardamom and salt