Friday 30 August 2013

Carrot cake with cream,cheese icing - a birthday treat for my lovely daughter

August month is always exciting for me, yes, it has my cute pie's birthday.  From the first week itself, all the planning starts.  With tonnes of cake variety online, it gets only harder to settle for one.  Nonetheless, the carrot cake won my heart.  Not only known for its simplicity - it will impress any mother, who wants to load her child's tummy with vegetables.  So a win-win for both!
   


The day started with going to the temple, offering prayers.  Back at school, we arranged a cake cutting from a bakery nearby.   So, this carrot cake was reserved for her evening bash.  The best thing about carrot cake is that they are  made with oil, rendering their texture so soft even when consumed directly from the refrigerator.



Tangy cream cheese frosting went along well.  So, let's buckle up and enjoy the cake in making....





Ingredients required

For carrot cake

  • Self-raising flour - 2 cups
  • Powdered sugar - 11/2 cup
  • Egg - 4
  • Vanilla essence - 1 tsp
  • Salt - 1/2 tsp
  • Oil - 11/2 cup
  • Shredded carrot - 3no or 21/2 cups

For cream cheese icing

  • 125 gm of Cream cheese
  • 125 gm of unsalted butter
  • 5 tbsp powdered sugar


Method

Stir in salt to the flour.  Keep aside.  



In a separate vessel break four eggs, add powdered sugar and beat well till they are combined.




Add in oil, vanilla essence and beat again


Slowly fold in shredded carrots.


Finally,  add in flour mixture in three batches till they are well incorporated.



Pour them on a parchment paper lined 6-inch round baking pan and bake at preheated oven 180 -degree celsius till done. Cooling the cake can be done by inverting them over the wire rack for two hours.   I got four muffins and an entire cake made of 6-inch pan.  


Now prepare cream cheese icing, in a blender blend in cream cheese and powdered sugar.  Later on, add softened butter/melted butter and blend again till you get a fine paste.   This is our icing.


After the cake has been thoroughly cooled, cut into two and ice them on centre.






Close over the other half and ice the entire cake.




You can also make spiky patterns on a spoon's back.  Refrigerate them to set.  


On her Birthday, cake cutting was done and here we go, a yummy slice for you all!!  :)






HAPPY BAKING :) :)


14 comments:

  1. hi Shama,
    I Wish your sweet daughter a very happy birth-day.
    a new kind of cake recipe ..will try this on this sunday.
    shobha
    www.shohapink.blogspot.in

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  2. My heartful birthday wishes to cute little Varsha, nice celebration, she must have enjoyed it a lot. Lovely carrot cake Arthy, wish I was there for the party...
    God bless your little princess...

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  3. Wow...wonderful baking....very tempting frosting...belated birthday wishes to ur daughter ..

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  4. Delicious carrot cake, Belated birthday wishes to your princess. She is cute.

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  5. Happy Birthday to your princess and awesome cake.

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  6. Too soft nd moist cake... Bday wishes to ur li'l one. nd the party menu is healthy too

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  7. looks tasty... photos are amazing..clearly described

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  8. Thanks guys for ur heartfelt wishes and greetings, will convey to varsha too :)

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  9. Belated Birthday wishes to your little girl ! she looks very cute...the cake looks amazing,I'm sure that she wud've love it :)

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  10. Wishes to your angel, cake looks lovely

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