Carrot Cake 红萝卜蛋糕

My Chinese New Year baked of year 2020~~ Carrot Cake🥕🎂

I baked this carrot cake to share with my beloved family and my best friends on 8th day of CNY. I'm grateful that everyone love to eat this carrot cake. They brought back home with some carrot cake too. 😊

👆 Simple CNY decoration of Plum blossom on the cake.

👆 Four layered carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. 

 👆My BFs😘 Kelly and Michelle

👆Michael and Kelly😍

 👆 Me and my other half💓

Carrot Cake Recipe   红萝卜蛋糕

Ingredient 材料 :

100g    Roasted walnut 烘香核桃    
100g    Raisins 葡萄干 

350g    Grated carrot 红萝卜丝   
280g    Plain flour 普通面粉   
1 tsp    Baking soda 食用苏打粉    
1 tsp    Baking powder 泡打粉    
250g    Corn oil 玉米油    
130g    Caster sugar 细砂糖  
130g    Brown sugar 黄糖 
1 tsp     Salt 盐   
1 tsp     Cinnamon powder 肉桂粉 
1/2 tsp  Nutmeg powder

1 tsp     Vanilla essence香草香精 

4  pcs   Eggs 鸡蛋  


Cream Cheese Frosting 奶油奶酪霜:
110g    Unsalted butter (softed)软化无盐黄油   
250g    Cream cheese (softed) 软化奶油奶酪 
200g    Icing sugar (powdered sugar) 糖粉   
1 Tbsp  Lemon juice 柠檬汁

Directions:

For the cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 180C. Grease two 8" cake pans.

2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon powder together in a bowl.

3. In a large bowl whisk together the oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla, and beat well. Then mix in the sifted flour mixture into the batter. 

4. Finally, add in the grated carrots, roasted walnut and raisins and mix until incorporated. 

5. Pour the batter into the pans with equal portion. I used two 8" pan. Place the pans in the middle rack of the oven and bake for about 30 to 35 mins and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the cake before frost the cake. 

For the frosting:

1. Cream the cream cheese and butter together.

2. Slowly sift in the icing sugar, and continue beating until fully incorporated and smooth. Add in lemon juice and beat well.

Assemble the Cake:

1. Slice the cake into 4 equal layers.

2. Place a layer of cake on the cake board. Apply some cream cheese frosting onto it and spread evently.

3. Place another layer of cake onto the first layer cake and apply some cream cheese frosting onto it and spread evently. 

4. Repeat the same method until all layer of cakes are done.

5. Decorate cake as desired.

Happy Baking!