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Spiced Carrot Cake

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Ingredients
  

For the Cake:

  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup Spiced Chai Sugar Purchase or recipe below
  • 1 ¼ cups Olive Oil Marketplace Walnut Oil - Purchase Here
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups carrots grated
  • 1 ¼ cups walnuts coarsely chopped

For the Icing:

Chai Spiced Sugar Recipe Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
  • 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger

Instructions
 

Chai Spiced Sugar Recipe Instructions

  • In a medium bowl, stir together all ingredients. Cover and let stand for at least 1 week before using. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 months.

For the Cake:

  • Preheat the oven 350 degrees F. Butter two 9-inch cake pans and then line the bottom with waxed paper or parchment. Butter and flour the paper and knock off any excess flour.
  • Grate the carrots and coarsely chop the walnuts.
  • In a medium bowl, add the flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon and then whisk to combine and remove lumps.
  • In a separate large bowl, add the regular sugar, Spiced Chai sugar and Walnut Oil.
  • With a wooden spoon or spatula beat together the sugar and oil until well blended. Then add in the eggs one at a time, fully mixing it into the batter after each addition.
  • Add the flour mixture into the bowl with the sugar and oil and stir until blended. Then, stir in the carrots, walnuts and ginger, fully incorporating.
  • Pour the mixture evenly between the two prepared pans.
  • Bake the cakes for approximately 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Once fully baked, cool the cakes in their pans for 10-15 minutes.
  • After cooling for 10-15 minutes, turn the cakes out onto racks. Peel off waxed paper and cool the cakes completely before frosting.

For the Icing:

  • In a large bowl, add in the cream cheese and butter.
  • With a hand mixer, beat until butter and cream cheese are combined and airy.
  • Add powdered sugar to the bowl and beat at a low speed until combined, then add in the maple balsamic and mix again to combine.
  • Chill the frosting until just firm enough to spread, approximately 30 minutes.
  • Place one cake layer on a platter and add approximately ¾ cup of icing to the top, spreading in an even later. Set the second cake on top of the first layer and spread the remaining icing over the entire cake.
  • Serve at room temperature

Notes

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