Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Servings 12
Ingredients
- 3 cups grated carrot
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest
- 2/3 cup walnuts chopped
- 1/2 cup butter melted
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup honey
- 3 eggs, large
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 4 Tbsp butter softened
- 2 cups icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Grease and flour two 9-inch springform cake pans. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix the grated carrot with lemon juice, lemon zest, and walnuts. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the melted butter, sour cream, honey, eggs, vanilla, and brown sugar until well blended.
- Add the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix until blended.
- Stir in the grated carrot mixture and stir until well blended. Evenly divide the batter into the two cake forms.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
- For the frosting, beat together the cream cheese, butter, and icing sugar. Frost the cake and chill for 30 minutes before serving.