Carrot cake with nuts - video recipe !

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Dessert

8 servings

Easy

1 hour

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You surely have already heard about the famous Carrot Cake ! It's easier than you may think ! Have a try, helped by PetitChef !

Ingredients

The cake :

• 3.5 oz butter
• 3 eggs
• 5 fl oz sunflower oil
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp salt
• 4.5 oz brown sugar
• 4.5 oz white sugar
• 9 oz carrots
• 9 oz flour
• 3 oz peeled nuts

The cream :

• 3.5 oz butter
• 7 oz icing sugar
• 10 oz cream cheese

Preparation

• Beat the 3 eggs. While stirring, add the other ingredients in the following order :
  - oil
  - melted butter (not hot)
  - vanilla extract
  - brown sugar
  - white sugar
  - half the flour
  
  Mix it well
• Then add :
  - the flour left
  - cinnamon
  - salt
  - baking powder
  
  Mix it well
  
• Blend carrots then add them to the mix.
• Then add the nuts and stir.
  
• Pour the dought in two same-sized moulds evenly.
  Bake for 30 minutes at 360°F.
• Meanwhile, beat the softened butter and add the icing sugar, until creamy.
  
• Finally, add the cream cheese and mix it well. Let it rest for 5 minutes in the fridge.
• When cakes are cooked and cooled down, cut the top of each one, being as straight and parallel as possible.
  
• Spread half the cream on the first cake, then put the other one on it (cut part inside).
• Decorate using a piping bag filled with the remaining cream.
  
• Last, but not least, sprinkle with cinnamon put and in the fridge for 15 minutes before serving.
  
  Bon appétit !

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