BEST CARROT CAKE EVER, according to Chrissy Teigen - IS IT?
Chrissy Teigen shared what she thought was the Best Carrot Cake Ever on social media a little while back and I wanted to put that to the test. It's the perfect time because I have a special birthday request for a carrot cake - the pressure is on! Because there is a lot of carrots in the recipe, I'm going to pretend this is a healthy cake option :) Seems the star is the golden buttermilk glaze that is poured over the cake before icing. This isn't Chrissy's recipe, in fact it's a recipe from Southern Living, but she recently posted an IG story about turning this cake into a Carrot Cake Trifle and it looked yummy. You ready to see if this cake lives up to the title of best ever? Alright, let's start grating these carrots because we need 2 cups!
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QUICK TIPS WE LEARNED AFTER TEST:
1. This cake calls for 3 layers of cakes, I only did 2 and it was enough. Was scared it would topple over with the frosting between layers.
2. I omitted the nuts due to allergies but added in raisins, so do what you love.
3. The recipe calls for cinnamon only, which was good but it was missing that warmness/spiciness like nutmeg, cloves and ginger. If you like those flavors, maybe add a little to the dry ingredients.
4. Make sure to pour the buttercream glaze over the cake right after you pull it out of the oven while still hot. Let it sit until totally cooled down or your cream cheese frosting will melt!
5. I served this cake 4 hours after making. Still good but almost too moist from the glaze. After 24 hours, the cake was better once the glaze settled into the cake and wasn't too moist. So make it the night before if you can.
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I never thought this strange CARROT CAKE ingredient would be the best thing ever
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If you’re looking for an incredibly moist carrot cake that is EXPLODING with flavour, then this recipe IS IT! Soft, spiced cake layers topped with a tart cream cheese frosting, you won’t be able to get enough of this cake!
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INGREDIENTS (I recommend using gram measurements):
Carrot Cake
- 2 cups (225 g) finely grated carrots - about 3 medium sized carrots
- 1 cup (190 g) crushed canned pineapple - with the liquid removed
- 2¼ cups (290 g) flour - regular all purpose (see note 1 on blog if you want to use cake flour)
- ¼ cup (30 g) cornstarch - also known as cornflour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2½ tsp cinnamon - ground
- 1¾ tsp ginger - ground/powdered
- ¼ tsp cloves - ground
- ½ tsp nutmeg - ground
- 1½ cups (300 g) soft brown sugar - firmly packed (see note 2 on blog)
- 3 large eggs - room temperature
- 1 cup (200 g) unflavoured vegetable oil - I use canola
- 3 tsp vanilla essence/extract
- ½ cup (110 g) yoghurt - unsweetened, regular not Greek (low fat Greek yoghurt is okay). Room temperature.
- 1 cup (100 g) pecans or walnuts - coarsely chopped. I like to use both so I use 1/2 a cup of each.
Bake at 160 °C (320°F) with the fan on for 35 minutes. If your oven doesn't have a fan option, then you will need to increase the baking temperature to 175°C (347°F).
Cream Cheese Buttercream
- 1 cup (225 g) unsalted butter - room temp
- 4½ cups (570 g) icing/confectioners sugar - use more for a thicker frosting (see note 1 on blog)
- 1½ cups (335 g) cream cheese - cold, firm type (see note 2 on blog)
- 1½ tsp vanilla essence/extract
- 1½ tbsp lemon juice - must be fresh
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Ina Garten's Carrot Cake Recipe | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network
Ina adds a special ingredient to her birthday celebration version of carrot cake!
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Carrot Cake with Ginger Mascarpone Frosting
RECIPE COURTESY OF INA GARTEN
Level: Easy
Total: 3 hr (includes cooling time)
Active: 40 min
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1 1/3 cups vegetable oil
3 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 pound carrots, grated (see Cook's Note)
1 cup raisins
1 cup chopped walnuts
Ginger Mascarpone Frosting, recipe follows
Crystallized ginger (not in syrup), chopped, for garnish
Ginger Mascarpone Frosting:
12 ounces Italian mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup minced crystallized ginger (not in syrup)
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Grease two 9-by-2-inch round cake pans, line the bottoms with parchment paper, and grease and flour the pans.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the sugar, oil, and eggs on medium-high speed for 2 minutes, until light yellow and thickened. Stir in the vanilla. In another bowl, sift together the 2 cups of flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt. With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ones.
In a medium bowl, toss the carrots, raisins, walnuts, and the 1 tablespoon of flour. Stir into the batter with a rubber spatula. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and smooth the tops. Bake for 10 minutes, lower the heat to 350 degrees F, and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes, turn out onto a baking rack, and cool completely.
Place one cake on a flat serving plate, rounded-side down. Spread half the frosting on the top (not the sides). Place the second cake on top of the first cake, rounded-side up. Frost just the top of the second cake. Sprinkle with the ginger and serve at room temperature.
Ginger Mascarpone Frosting:
Yield: frosts one 9-inch cake
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the mascarpone, cream cheese, confectioners¿ sugar, cream, and vanilla together for about 1 minute, until light and fluffy. Add the crystallized ginger and salt and beat for 30 seconds more.
Cook’s Note
Grate the carrots by hand on a box grater; if you grate them in a food processor, the carrots will be too wet and the cake might fall. For this episode, Ina added 1/4 cup chopped crystalized ginger to the batter.
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Amazing Carrot Cake Recipe
My delicious carrot cake recipe is almost too easy to believe and my gosh is it good! The batter has toasted pecans, shredded carrot (of course), and lots of spices! The cake is very moist but not at all oily! Covered in cream cheese frosting and topped with a ring of cute buttercream carrots!
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