The first time tasted a carrot cake was at a Canadian Friend's home. They were delicious and very soon once I had chidren, these became a hit with them as well. The addition of whole wheat flour, carrots and chopped almonds, make it super delicious and can make a great after school snack.
Cream cheese goes great when you have a dinner with a few friends, just perfect for a summer picnic as well.
Ingredients
3/4 cup whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
1/2 cup cup firmly packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup butter
2 large eggs || USE 1/2 cup yogurt OR 1/2 cup apple sauce if you want to make the eggless version of this cake.
1 cup finely shredded carrots
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 cup finely chopped almonds
Frosting
4 ounces low-fat cream cheese,kept at room temperature
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 teaspoon lemon or orange zest
Method
Preheat the oven to 175 C. Line 12 standard muffin cups or 20 mini muffin cups with paper cupcake liners.
Sift together the flours, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a large stand mixer with the paddle attachment, combine the brown sugar, butter and eggs (add yogurt or applesauce for eggless cakes )until well combined. Add the carrots and vanilla essense. Add the flour mixture and beat until well combined. Finally stir in the chopped almonds.
Divide the batter among the muffin cups. Fill the muffin cups only to little more than the 1/2 mark. Bake until a a tester like a knife or toothpick comes out clean, about 14 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
Now using the whisk attachment of the stand mixer, beat the cream cheese, sugar and zest together until smooth and fluffy.
Once the cup cakes have cooled completelt, frost them with the above cream cheese frosting and top with a whole almond. You can store the cup cakes with and with out frosting refrigerator for later use.
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Comments
the same heating as mentioned in the recipe. Just make sure you monitor the baking time, based on the power of your microwave the baking times will differ.
Iam using IFB convection microwave,pleas e let me know how long I should do pre heating ,in what mode &during this process should I keep A bowl of water or what?
you can avoid altogether or just sprinkle come confectioners sugar
Yes it is different from the normal cheese. In INdia britannia sells cream cheese and US it is philladelpia brand
Yes revathi you can do use a hand beater or a wodden laddle as well
I tried it next day and the cakes came out very tasty.
Will look forward to more online classes
Hi Cammie, no laughs at all, such a valid question. Yes Whole Wheat flour is the flour we use for making atta. I infact use the multigrain atta for making cakes.