Carrot cake

I was sent home by my Charge Nurse because of the low census.Blame it on the festive season.But hey I'm not complaining anything. :)

So I decided to bake some cake today,something new.
And wallaa..Carrot cake pops up in my mind.Plus my brother advise to eat more vegetable.
So I'm baking a healthy cake. :P

Goggle for the recipe.
*The wonder of googling*

And decided to try one from Joy Of Baking.

One word.
Divine!!

So here is my version of carrot cake.

1 cup of walnuts.

2 1/2 cups of grated carrot.

2 cups of all purpose flour.

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/12 teaspoon baking powder.

1/2 teaspoon salt.

1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon.

4 large eggs.

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar.

1 cup vegetable oil.

2 teaspoon vanilla extract.

Cream cheese frosting.

1/4 cup butter.

227 gram of cream cheese.

2 cups icing/confectionery sugar.

1 teaspoon vanilla extract.

1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest.

1.Preheat the oven at 180 Celsius and grease the pans.

2.Toast the nuts till its lightly brown and fragrant.Let it cool and chop it coarsely.

3.Whisk the flour,salt,baking soda,baking powder,cinnamon.Set aside.

4.Beat the eggs till it turns frothy with mixer.

5.Gradually add the sugar and beat it till the batter turns thick and light in colour.

6.Add the oil slowly and beat it together with vanilla extract.

7.Add the flour mixture.Beat it till mix together.

8.With spatula mix together the carrot and chopped walnuts.

9.Pour the mixture to the pan and bake for 45 minutes or till the center of the cakes comes out clean.

once bake remove and let it cool.

slice the cake into 2.*if you want too*

Cream cheese frosting.

1.Mix the butter and cheese together with mixer.Beat with low speed till no lumps.

2.Gradually add in the icing sugar.

3.Once mix well,add in the vanilla extract and lemon zest.

Once the cake is cool.Spread the frosting on top of both cakes and sandwich it together.

Ready to eat!!

I brought the cake to my ward to get some review and here is what my charge nurse have to say.Apparently her favorite cake is carrot cake.Perfect person to comment.

The frosting is too sweet to her liking.She advise to cut down the sugar to 1 cup and add more of the cheese, probably till 300 gram.

Don't grate the carrot to fine.Can't really see the carrot.

But the rest of the cake..THUMBS UP. *beaming with pride*