Carrot cake

INGREDIENTS

Kaka:

  • 300 g carrots
  • 1 dl brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp ground cardamom
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • 6 eggs
  • 5 dl caster sugar
  • 2.5 dl neutral oil
  • 1 tbsp vanilla sugar
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 6 dl wheat flour

Frosting:

  • 600 g cream cheese
  • 300 g room-temperature butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
  • 4 dl icing sugar
  • grated lime peel

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Set the oven to 175 degrees and cover your roasting pan with baking paper.
  2. Peel the carrots and grate them finely on a grater. In a bowl, mix grated carrots, brown sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and ginger. Set aside.
  3. Take out a new bowl in which you beat the eggs and granulated sugar, white and fluffy. Then put down the mixture with grated carrots and neutral oil. Mix gently to a smooth batter.
  4. Sift in vanilla sugar, baking powder and wheat flour. Gently fold into a smooth batter with a spatula.
  5. Pour the batter into the pan and bake the cake in the lower part of the oven for 40-45 minutes. Allow the cake to cool completely at room temperature before spreading on the frosting.
  6. You make the frosting by whipping together cream cheese and butter until really creamy.
  7. Sift down the icing sugar and vanilla sugar. Carefully fold together to a smooth and creamy frosting with a spatula.
  8. Spread the frosting on the cake when it has cooled and top with the outermost peel from 2 limes.

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