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Carrot Cake

Ingredients

  • 2.5 cups flour
  • 4 whole eggs
  • 1 cup sunflower oil
  • 1 cup cane sugar
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 3-4 carrots (finely grated)
  • 1/2 cup grated coconut (optional)
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp orange or lemon zest
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp bread crumbs (to cover baking pan)
  • 1/2 tsp butter (to cover baking pan)

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 1 cup cream cheese
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 4 tbs cane sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 drgrees Celsius

  2. In a medium mixing bowl, add sunflower seed oil.

    sunflower oil

  3. Then add the sugar, eggs, vanilla, and lemon or orange zest

    eggs and oil

  4. Mix all the wet ingredients together using a hand blender or a whisk.

    mixture

  5. In a large measuring cup, measure two and a half cups of flour, add baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.

  6. Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly together and then combine the dry ingredients with the wet ones.

    adding flour

  7. Finally, add the grated carrot. Pour out the juice if there is too much. You can also add coconut if you wish for added flavor.

    carrot

  8. Pour the mixture onto a greased pan covered with a layer of bread crumbs to prevent the cake sticking to the walls.

    baking pan

  9. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes.

    baking carrot cake

Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. In a small bowl add cream cheese, butter at room temperature, vanilla, and sugar together.

    cream cheese frosting

  2. Using a mixer, mix all the ingredients together until smooth and fluffy.

  3. Cut the carrot cake into three layers and layer the cream cheese frosting in between.

    cream cheese frosting cake

  4. Refrigirate the cake with frosting, or store the frosting for later in a refrigrator.