Showing posts with label glaze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glaze. Show all posts

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Carrot Cake

Not only is this the best carrot cake recipe out there, it is also healthy with 4 full cups of grated carrots!! This is a nut free recipe. This cake is extremely moist and will stay great for even a few days. And the frosting is definitely my favorite part. So go ahead try it out, you wont be disappointed!


INGREDIENTS:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
4 eggs
1 cup oil
4 cups loosely grated carrots

glaze:

4 tablespoons margarine, melted
8 ounces cream cheese
2 teaspoons milk
3 1/2 cups powder sugar
1/2 teaspoons vanilla

DIRECTIONS:

-preheat oven to 350ºF
-mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon
-add rest of ingredients, and mix
-grease and flour a bundt pan, pour in the batter
-bake for 40 minutes
-combine glaze ingredients and pour over cake

preparation: 20 minutes
bake time: 40 minutes
yields: 12 servings

notes: this is truly the best carrot cake I have ever tasted, I'm so glad my friend was willing to give me this recipe. Alternatives for the glaze: you may use oil instead of margarine. For a non-dairy glaze you may replace the milk for creamer, and use tofu cream cheese. Add more or less sugar to create a thicker or thinner glaze.

credits: Miriam H.