How to Make Speedy Carrot cake

Carrot cake.

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Carrot cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Carrot cake is something which I've loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have carrot cake using 21 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Carrot cake:

1. {Prepare of Cake.
2. {Take 260 g of self-raising flour.
3. {Make ready 1 tbsp of baking powder.
4. {Take 1 tbsp of salt.
5. {Take 2 tbsp of cinnamon.
6. {Prepare 1 tbsp of ground ginger (you can add another tbsp if you like).
7. {Make ready of (optional) 1/2 tsp chilli.
8. {Make ready 320 g of peeled and grated carrots (you can add more if you like).
9. {Make ready 130 g of dark brown muscovado sugar.
10. {Prepare 130 g of light brown sugar.
11. {Make ready 100 g of chopped pecans.
12. {Take 4 of eggs.
13. {Get 290 ml of vegetable oil.
14. {Get 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
15. {Get of Icing.
16. {Get 75 g of butter.
17. {Get 300 g of full fat Philadelphia cheese.
18. {Take 120 g of icing sugar.
19. {Make ready 1 tbsp of vanilla extract.
20. {Take of Fresh ginger.
21. {Get 50 g of chopped pecans.

Instructions to make Carrot cake:

1. Preheat oven to fan 170C. Grease two 9 inch cake tins, and line the base with baking paper..
2. Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and chilli until well combined..
3. Whisk oil, sugar, and vanilla until well combined. Then whisk the eggs one at a time..
4. Fold in the dry mix gradually until you get a smooth batter. Then add carrots and pecans and mix well..
5. Divide the batter evenly between the two tins and bake for 40-60 mins (check around the 40 min mark If a skewer comes out clean..
6. Once baked, remove from oven but keep in the cake tins for 5-10 mins. Then transfer to a cooling rack and leave to cool completely..
7. For the icing, beat butter until soft. Add Philadelphia and beat again. Sift over the icing sugar and add vanilla and beat until well combined and smooth and then place in the fridge..
8. (optional) for an extra kick, grate some fresh ginger on a kitchen roll, and then wrap it around and squeeze it over the icing. This should give 2-3 tbsp of sharp ginger juice (adjust to taste). Mix again until well combined..
9. Once the cake is cool, spread half of the icing on the first cake then place the other cake on top and spread the rest of the icing. Decorate with chopped pecans..

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