Carrot Cake With Ginger Cream-Cheese Icing

"This carrot cake has no raisins or nuts in it and has a delicious Ginger Cream Cheese icing. Recipe is from Taste of the South."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 10mins
Ingredients:
17
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • For cake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Line the bottoms of 3 (9-inch) cake pans with parchment paper and spray with baking spray with flour; set aside.
  • Grate carrots in a food processor.
  • Add applesauce, stirring to combine; set aside.
  • In large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and ginger.
  • Add oil, eggs and vanilla extract; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Fold in carrot mixture.
  • Divide batter evenly among pans.
  • Bake until wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
  • Let cool in pans for 20 minutes.
  • Remove layers from pans and let cool completely on wire racks.
  • To prepare icing, in large bowl, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Add butter, beating until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  • Add confectioners' sugar, honey and ginger, beating until well combined, about 2 minutes.
  • Spread icing between layers and on top and sides of cake.

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Reviews

  1. Delicious cake! I too saw this recipe in the Taste of South Magazine and just had to make it for Easter. I followed the directions as written, except that I used 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger in the icing instead of fresh. The cake was moist and dense, just as carrot cake should be and the icing was so good - the perfect sweetness! After the cake was iced, I covered it with a cake dome and stored it in the refrigerator because of the cream-cheese icing. Thanks Lainey for posting!
     
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