This year no fancy cake for my birthday boy. Since I wanted to bake carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, I take easy way out try on Delia Smith Saturday Carrot Cake I can't believe with easy mix and stir method yields such moist and yummy cake. Not forget to mention is a healthy type of cake.
To please my kids, I added cocoa powder and chocolate chips. They go well together. As for the topping I scatter some pistachio nuts on cream cheese frosting. I am happy with the 'Not So Perfect' birthday cake. Not only easy for the baker (me) but also 'go easy' to our tummy too :)
Adapted from Delia Smith Saturday Carrot Cake with modificationCarrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
~Carrot cake
(A)
75 g peeled and grated carrot (about 1 medium-sized carrot)
75 ml vegetable oil
1 large egg, lightly beaten
(B)
80g all-purpose flour
30g oatmeal flour (grind from instant oatmeal)
(Replace for 110g plain wholewheat flour)
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
½ teaspoon baking powder
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
60g soft brown sugar
handful of chocolate chips
~For the topping
50g soft cream cheese
25g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
10g icing sugar, sieved
Some pistachio nuts (crushed)
Methods:
1. Grate the carrot straight into a mixing bowl. Add in oil and beaten egg. Stir to combine. Set aside.
2. Sift all the dry ingredients into another bowl. Add in sugar and chips. Slightly stir to combine well.
3. Add the carrot mixture into dry ingredients bowl. Fold and stir well until everything is well mixed. Scrape the batter into lined 6' round pan.
4. Bake in preheated oven at 170C for 20 minutes or when cake tester came out clean. Remove from oven and leave the pan on a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before turning the cake out and stripping off the paper.
5. Once the cake has cool completely now is time for frosting. To make the topping, combine the ingredients in a small bowl and beat until smooth. Spread it thickly on the top of the cake and decorate it by scatter some crushed pistachio nuts on top.
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