Moist Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Two layers of soft, spiced carrot cake with walnuts and a little pineapple, filled and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. Moist for days and always a crowd-pleaser.
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Ingredients
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Steps
Prepare the tins
Heat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Grease two 20 cm round cake tins with a little butter or oil and line the bottoms with baking paper.
- a little butter or oil
✅ Done when: tins are greased and lined, oven fully preheated
Mix the batter
In one bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, , cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. In a bigger bowl, whisk the eggs, brown sugar and oil until smooth, then fold in the dry mix. Stir in the carrots, pineapple and 60 g of the walnuts, keeping the rest aside for decoration.
- 250 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 eggs
- 200 g light brown sugar
- 200 ml sunflower oil
- 300 g carrots
- 100 g crushed pineapple
- 60 g walnuts
✅ Done when: batter is evenly mixed with no dry flour streaks
Bake
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Cool
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Make the frosting
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Assemble
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Prepare the tins
Heat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Grease two 20 cm round cake tins with a little butter or oil and line the bottoms with baking paper.
- a little butter or oil
✅ Done when: tins are greased and lined, oven fully preheated
Mix the batter
In one bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, , cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. In a bigger bowl, whisk the eggs, brown sugar and oil until smooth, then fold in the dry mix. Stir in the carrots, pineapple and 60 g of the walnuts, keeping the rest aside for decoration.
- 250 g plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 eggs
- 200 g light brown sugar
- 200 ml sunflower oil
- 300 g carrots
- 100 g crushed pineapple
- 60 g walnuts
✅ Done when: batter is evenly mixed with no dry flour streaks
Bake
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Cool
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Make the frosting
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Assemble
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The Story Behind the Dish
Carrots were used to sweeten cakes and puddings in medieval Europe, when sugar was expensive. During the Second World War, the British government promoted carrot recipes because sugar was rationed.
In the 1960s and 70s American bakeries made carrot cake famous with cream cheese frosting, and it became the classic it is today, especially at Easter.
⭐ Why It's Famous
It's one of the most popular cakes in the US and UK, loved for staying moist for days.
💡 Fun Fact
In World War II, Britain used a cartoon character called 'Doctor Carrot' to encourage people to eat more carrots.
Europe (carrot puddings), made famous in the USA
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