Most enticingly moist carrot cake, thanks to the buttermilk. This is the real carrot cake that guarantee the goodness and fresh taste of carrot lingers in your mouth after taste. The usage of buttermilk in this recepi helps to bake a super moist,light and scrumptious carrot cake that you can bake at the comfort of your own kitchen. The cream cheese frosting is one of my favourite frosting in the whole world. Creamy,cheese,lemony....aaahhhhhh. Find a good hiding spot and dig into the goodness of carrot and a fresh off white gorgeous frosting.
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 cups granulated white sugar
2 cups carrot, grated
3 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon powder
Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
250g cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
2 cups confectioners sugar
1 tsp lemon zest,grated
1 tsp vanilla essence
Methods for Cream Cheese Frosting
Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter till no lumps. Add the confectioners sugar and beat on low speed . Add the lemon zest and vanilla essence and beat for 1 minute or till well combined
Methods for Carrot Cake
Preheat oven at 350'F or 180' C and place the baking rack in the center of oven. Line the bottom of 9 inch cake pan with baking paper.
In a bowl, whisk together the flour,ground cinnamon,salt and baking powder.
Using an electric mixer, beat in the eggs for about 1 minute. Add the sugar and continue to beat for 3-4 minutes. Add in the oil,vanilla essence and lemon zest. Gradually, add the flour mixture. Add butter milk and beat in till well combined. Using a spatula fold in the grated carrots and chopped nuts.
Pour the cake batter in the prepared cake pan and bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Cool on the wire rack for 10 minutes and remove the cake from the cake tin to cool completely
Once the cake cool completely, spread the cream cheese frosting and garnish with toasted pecans or walnuts
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