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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.