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The Best Ever Homemade Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting | Layer Cakes
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👆 Tap the pin title for the full recipe! This classic Carrot Cake recipe is no-frills, easy to make, and irresistibly moreish! The soft sponge layers are flavoured with warming spices, grated carrot, orange zest, and vanilla. They're also studded with crunchy walnuts for added texture (feel free to chuck in some sultanas too!). The cake is paired with tangy cream cheese frosting for that classic carrot cake flavour. Carrot layer cake is an all-year-round favourite that will always impress!
Ingredients
Produce
• 200 g Carrots
Refrigerated
• 4 Eggs, medium
Baking & Spices
• 300 g Brown sugar, Light
• 2 tsp Cinnamon, Ground
• 1/4 tsp Cloves, Ground
• 300 g Icing sugar
• 1/2 tsp Nutmeg, Ground
• 300 g Self-raising flour
• 2 tsp Vanilla extract
Oils & Vinegars
• 300 ml Sunflower oil
Nuts & Seeds
• 125 g Walnuts
Dairy
• 150 g Butter, Unsalted
• 150 g Philadelphia cream cheese, Full-fat
Other
• 1 Large orange (zest only)