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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
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Servings: 10
Categories:
Cakes
/
Desserts
Ingredients: 2
cups
Flour 3
teaspoons
Ground cinnamon 1
teaspoon
Baking powder 1/4
teaspoon
Salt 2/3
cup
Butter,
softened
1
cup
Sugar 3
large
Eggs 2/3
cup
Milk 3
medium
Carrots,
grated
1/2
cup
Walnuts,
coarsely chopped
1/2
cup
Butter,
softened
4
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Cream cheese,
softened
1
tablespoon
Vanilla extract 2 1/2
cups
Powdered sugar 1/4
cup
Walnuts,
finely chopped
2
tablespoons
Firmly packed brown sugar
Directions:
1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9" round cake pan. Dust with flour; tap out excess.
2.
Mix together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.
3.
Beat together butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and milk into butter mixture. Stir in carrots and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
4.
Bake cake until top springs back when lightly touched and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack to cool completely.
5.
To prepare icing, beat together butter and cream cheese at medium speed until conpletely smooth. Beat in vanilla. Beat in powdered sugar until well blended. To prepare topping, mix together nuts and brown sugar.
6.
Place cake on a serving plate. Spread icing over top and sides. Sprinkle with nut mixture.
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