
Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 1 cup Corn Oil or Canola Oil
- 1 cup Peotraco Refined Sugar
- 1 cup Peotraco Dark Brown Sugar, well-packed
- 4 pcs Large Eggs
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour, sifted
- 2 tsps Cinnamon Powder
- 2 tsps Peotraco Baking Soda
- ¼ tsp Fine Salt
- 2 cups Grated Carrots
- 1 cup Canned Crushed Pineapple, well drained
- ½ cup Walnuts, coarsely-chopped
- ½ cup Raisins
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
- 225 g Cream Cheese
- 2 tbsp Unsalted Butter
- ¾ cup Peotraco Confectioner’s Powdered Sugar, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 175°C/350°F. Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pan (3 inches high). Line the bottom of the pan with baking paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the oil, Peotraco Refined Sugar, Peotraco Dark Brown Sugar, and eggs. Mix well.
- In another bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon powder, Peotraco Baking Soda, and salt.
- Add the flour mixture to the oil mixture and mix well.
- Stir in the carrots, crushed pineapple, nuts, and raisins.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared cake pan. Bake for at least 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Unmold the cake and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
Cream Cheese Frosting Procedure
- Prepare the frosting. In a large mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and the butter together until light and fluffy.
- Add the Peotraco Confectioner’s Powdered Sugar and continue beating at medium speed until a spreading consistency is achieved.
Assembly
- Position the cake in the center of an attractive cake tray or cake board. Spread an even layer of theprepared frosting.
- Place the second layer on top and cover with the rest of the frosting. Garnish with finely chopped walnuts and carrot toppers, if desired.
