Simple Way to Make Award-winning Carrot Cake
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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Carrot Cake is 16 people. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have Carrot Cake using 22 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
My favorite recipe of carrot cake is the one developed by America’s Test Kitchen. Unlike the usual “dump and stir” method, this version creates a dessert that is layered, moist, tangy, and glamorous.
Ingredients and spices that need to be Get to make Carrot Cake:
- for the cake
- 250 grams all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 250 grams light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 210 grams shredded carrots (4 small carrots)
- 2/3 cup dried currants
- for the frosting
- 340 grams confectioners’ sugar
- 227 grams (16 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/3 cup buttermilk powder
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 340 grams (12 ounces) cream cheese, chilled and cut into 12 equal pieces
- 225 grams pecans, toasted and chopped coarse
Steps to make Carrot Cake
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 18 by 13-inch rimmed baking sheet, line with parchment paper, and grease parchment.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cloves together in large bowl.
- Whisk sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla together in second bowl until mixture is smooth. Stir in carrots and currants. Add flour mixture and fold with rubber spatula until mixture is just combined.
- Transfer batter to prepared sheet and smooth surface. Bake until center of cake is firm to touch, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Invert cake onto wire rack (do not remove parchment), then reinvert onto second wire rack. Cool cake completely, about 30 minutes.
- Using stand mixer fitted with
paddle, beat sugar, butter, buttermilk powder, vanilla, and
salt together on low speed until smooth, about 2 min-
utes, scraping down bowl as needed. Increase speed to
medium-low; add cream cheese, 1 piece at a time; and
mix until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer cooled cake to cutting board, parchment
side down. Using sharp chef's knife, cut cake and parch-
ment in half crosswise, then lengthwise, to make 4 equal
rectangles, about 6 by 8 inches each
- Place 1 cake layer on a cake platter, parchment side up, on cardboard and carefully remove parchment.
- Spread ⅔ cup frosting evenly over top, right to edge of cake, and sprinkle a few pecans if desired. Repeat with 2 more layers of cake,
pressing lightly to adhere and frosting each layer with
⅔ cup frosting.
- Top with last cake layer and spread 1 cup frosting evenly over top. Spread remaining frost-ing evenly over sides of cake. (It's fine if some crumbs
show through frosting
on sides, but if you go back
to smooth top of cake, be sure that spatula is free of
crumbs.)
- Hold cake with 1 hand and gently press chopped
pecans onto sides with other hand. Chill for at least
1 hour before serving. (The frosted cake can be refriger-
ated for up to 24 hours before serving.)
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