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Carrot Cake

 Come December and only thing that comes to my mind is cakes and cakes and cakes. May be because most of my family members have their birthdays on this month I don’t know but usually I make maximum number of cakes during this period. So today I will share with you the recipe of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.


Ingredients:-

Grated carrot -3 cups
Flour -2 cups
Brown sugar -11/2 cup
Sugar- 1/2 cup
Egg -4 nos
Oil -1 cup
Baking powder -11/2 tsp
Baking soda -1/2 tsp
Lemon juice- 2 tbsp
Cinnamon powder -1 tsp
Nutmeg powder -1/2 tsp
Salt a pinch
1/2 cup milk mix with 1 tbsp of vinegar
Vanilla essence- 1 tsp
Dry fruits- raisins, cashew and almonds one cup

Frosting ingredients:-

Cream cheese
Icing sugar
Lemon zest




Procedure:-

Mix all the dry ingredients and pass it through a sieve. Keep it aside . Take a bowl and start whipping the egg . Then add sugar , oil , milk mixture, lemon juice one by one and mix it properly. Then slowly add the flour mixture slowly with a spatula. Add the grated carrots and the dry fruits to it . Lay out in a well greased pan and bake it in a pre heated oven for 40 mins in 170 degree. When your knife comes out clean put it in coooling rack . When it cools down put the cream cheese frosting over it . For the frosting you have to mix the cream cheese with icing sugar and lemon zest. Decorate the cake as you wish and voila your delicious carrot cake is ready.


BON APPETITE!!!



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