Carrot Cake

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    10
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    613
based on 80 ratings

A quick carrot cake with cream cheese frosting which is an impressive treat for friends and family to share- also great for using up excess carrots! You could add extra chopped walnuts or mixed seeds to decorate the top of the cake if you like.

recipe updated 26 Aug 2024

Ingredients

  • Walnut pieces icon
    Walnut pieces
    60 g
  • Orange icon
    Orange
    1
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    230 g
  • Bicarbonate of soda icon
    Bicarbonate of soda
    2 teaspoons
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    1 teaspoon
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    2 teaspoons
  • Mixed spice icon
    Mixed spice
    2 teaspoons
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    200 g
  • Oil icon
    Oil
    180 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    3
  • Lemon juice icon
    Lemon juice
    1 tablespoon
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • Light brown sugar icon
    Light brown sugar
    280 g
  • Carrot icon
    Carrot
    320 g
  • Dessicated coconut icon
    Dessicated coconut
    120 g
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    400 g
  • Cream cheese icon
    Cream cheese
    180 g
  • Butter icon
    Butter
    90 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    as needed
  • Walnuts icon
    Walnuts
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Kenwood Chef
  • kCook icon Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
  • kCook icon Medium bowl
  • kCook icon Round pan - 20cm (8")

Step preview

  1. Line 2 clean round pans with parchment paper
  2. Pre-heat oven - 180°C
  3. Attach K Beater
  4. Add plain flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, ground cinnamon, mixed spice and salt to the Kenwood Bowl
  5. Mix - 10 sec, Speed 2
  6. Then add milk, oil, egg, lemon juice, vanilla extract and light brown sugar to the Kenwood Bowl
  7. Mix - 30 sec, Speed 2
  8. Then add carrot, dessicated coconut, walnut pieces and orange to the Kenwood Bowl
  9. Mix until combined - 20 sec, Speed 4
  10. Divide batter between 2 round pans
  11. Bake - 30 min, 180°C
  12. Let cool - 10 min
  13. Turn out on round wire rack and let cool
  14. Clean Kenwood Bowl
  15. Attach K Beater
  16. Add icing sugar, cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract to the Kenwood Bowl
  17. Mix - 1 min, Speed 4
  18. Transfer icing to medium bowl
  19. Chill in fridge until thickened - 10 min
  20. Place one sponge layer onto a large serving plate
  21. Spread some of the icing evenly onto the sponge then sandwich the second sponge layer on top
  22. Spread the remaining icing on top of the cake
  23. Dust with ground cinnamon
  24. Sprinkle with walnuts
  25. Serve
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