Friday, November 27, 2009

Carrot Cake

I never thought of baking anything until I reached Germany a few years back.That was the first time I had an oven in my kitchen. My neighbor and wonderful friend, Barbara introduced me to baking. I really enjoyed her company, she is an amazing lady . I haven't met anyone like her till date. She wasn't fluent in English, but she refreshed her school lessons in English and always carried a German-English dictionary whenever we met. We are still in touch with her and I would love to meet her again if I happen to go to Germany.Thanks to her even my first cake came out well and that inspired me to do more ventures in baking :-)

Carrot cake

This recipe is adapted from allrecipes.com and I made a smaller cake.Also for frosting I used only cream and a little bit sugar since my family doesn't like it to be too sweet :-)

Ingredients

Eggs- 2
Vegetable oil- 3/4 cup
White Sugar-1 Cup
Brown Sugar- 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract- 1 Tsp

All purpose flour/Maida- 1 Cup
Baking soda- 1Tsp
Baking powder- 1Tsp
Salt-1/4 Tsp
Cinnamon -1 Tsp
Grated carrots- 2 cups
Pecan pieces- 1/2 cup

For frosting

Heavy whip cream-1 cup
Confectioner's sugar- 2Tbsp
Vanilla extract-1 Tsp

Cake

Method.

1.Sieve together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
2.Beat the eggs and sugar well. Add oil and vanilla extract and beat again.
3.Fold in this wet mixture into the flour mixture.Fold in the grated carrots and pecan pieces.
4.Meanwhile grease 2 square 9x2 pans and keep ready.Also preheat oven to 350 degree F.
5.Divide the mix into 2 greased pans equally.
6.Bake for 18-20 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of cake comes out clean.
7.Take out from the over and cool for a few minutes before transferring the cake to a wire rack to cool down completely
8.Use both cakes as 2 layers or you could bake it in a thicker tray(for longer time) and divide them into 2 equal pieces.
9.Whip the cream in a bowl which is kept on ice or cool the bowl and whisk in the refrigerator prior to use.
10.When the cream starts forming spikes ,stop whipping and add a tbsp confectioner's sugar and mix for a minute followed by the next spoon of sugar and vanilla extract .
11.Spread evenly on the layers of cake and serve it chilled.
12.I do not have any cake decoration gadgets , so it doesn't look perfect but it tasted great :-)

Carrot Cake

Contributor:Namitha

43 comments:

  1. Oh..What a yummy cake..So tempting pics.Great job dear.

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  2. What a marvellous cake and the picture looks beautiful.

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  3. Your carrot cake looks oh so good. I only wish you could email me a slice, but I know from experience the megs & bits in my computer will eat it before they post it in my in-box.

    Thanks for a terrific recipe...

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  4. Yummy cake....really inviting pics.

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  5. The cake look sooo yummy.

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  6. Send me a slice...sooooooooon.
    Is it necessary to use the brown sugar as well or will the regular sugar in full measure be enough?And any nuts..?

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  7. oh wow what an amazing cake, oh German cakes are amazing aren't they?
    Rebecca

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  8. Sree, Angie,Indu, Latha,Anon, Cool Lassie..Thanks a bunch
    George : I wish the same ;-)
    Beena : You could use white sugar and walnuts to replace pecans :-)
    Rebecca: Yes,German cakes are fabulous :-)

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  9. That surely is a lovely cake, loved your frosting with less sugar.

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  10. wow thats a yummy carrot cake with delicious frosting over it...

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  11. I wish to grab tht slice wid heavy cream...looks moist and perfect dear

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  12. just when i am craving.. u know what carrot cake is a singapore delight...!!!

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  13. Gorgeous , moist cake. I miss baking:(

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  14. Wow!!! what a delicious cake. Looks so fresh, moist and perfect. Click is awesome.

    Chitchat
    http://chitchatcrossroads.blogspot.com/

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  15. This looks so yum...first time here..would love to go through the wonderful recipes that you have and will follow you from now on..

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  16. Wow... Namitha.. You are pro at cke baking!! Keep it coming up ...and share some lovely recipes..

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  17. I can't take my eyes from picture, drooling here

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  18. nami, i made this last evening and it turned out awesome! easy to bake too. anand has it and said it was sinful!thanks for sharing!

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  19. cake looks fabulous, dear!...so moist and perfect... tempting pics!!

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  20. Fantastic cake, just love the frosting between the layers...yummm!!!

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  21. Wow..They looks so tempting Nami!
    Wish to have some right away! :)

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  22. Mmmm....look the layers of this carrot cake, really tempting :D

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  23. looks yummmmmmy and delicious...i like to have...

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  24. The layering looks so beautiful and the cakes looks very moist and has the perfect consistency! The frosting is yum :-)

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  25. Tempting pics can i have a piece???????
    check out my blog sometime

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  26. Yummm, I love carrot cake but without the frosting :)

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  27. Oh wow!!! carrot cake looks absolutely delicious...Nice clicks too..

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  28. Cake is awesome! Looks very soft and perfect!

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  29. Oh Wow! What a great looking cake! The photos came out absolutely beautiful and inviting. I love carrot cake and can't wait to try this recipe, YUM!

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  30. Carrot cake looks yummy, delicious and mouth watering. You have taken wonderful photos.

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  31. wow..very yummmy looking cake..i love this cake!

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  32. Thank you everyone for the lovely comments :-)

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  33. Nice moist cake..looks perfect..next time try cream cheese frosting or maple frosting..not so sweet as other frostings,....

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  34. carrot cake looks so perfect and delicious

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  35. Super Spongy and Ultra yummy looking cake nami!

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  36. I love carrot cake, and I am so happy you did not do a cream cheese frosting, I would eat this up!

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  37. carrot cake looks lovely! :) very nice :)

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