Saturday, December 31, 2011

Carrot Cake with Orange Frosting

Hello, I am on a baking roll! This is my last day of vacation, so I'll only be baking cakes weekly. This recipe was very easy, but took longer than the others. It used the basic cake mix except substituting the tbsp  of milk for orange juice. It also included:
Mix

  • 1tsp of ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • scant 1 1/2 cups of grated carrots
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans (I used walnuts)
  • pecan halves, to decorate (I used full walnuts)
Frosting


  • 1/4 cup whole-fat cream cheese
  • 2 1/4 cups confections' sugar
  • finely grated rind of 1 orange
  • 1 tbsp orange juice, plus extra if needed
Please note: this recipe is from the book: 1 Mix, 100 Cakes By Christine France. I do not own the copyright to this.
First I made the frosting and it turned out perfectly, but it looked like there was more orange zest in the picture then there was in the photo. The frosting was magnifique! Once again I would recommend mixing with a wooden spoon to get the cream cheese lumps out. The cake was also a piece of cake (sorry, bad pun) I just put all the ingredients in and beated and whollah! It looked delicious, the cinnamon and carrot were very noticeable, but not so much the walnuts. I brought this to a party and everybody loved it. There was some mix-up with the oven being 350 instead of 325, but I took it out at 40 minutes (as opposed to an hour) and it was  fine. Because of that I was worried about not being to moist, but it turned out perfectly. Next up, I will be baking Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes. Thanks for reading, bye!




Cake from bird's eye view


















Cake from side 























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