Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Lemon Zest Frosting Recipes

CARROT CAKE CUPCAKES WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. For the Cupcakes, mix flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in large bowl. Add oil, eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add carrots; mix until well blended. Spoon batter into 24 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full.
• Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely.
• For the Frosting, beat cream cheese, butter and lemon extract in large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. If frosting is too thick to spread, gradually beat in milk. Frost cooled cupcakes with frosting.

CARROT CAKE WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Grease two 8 inch round cake pans, then line the bottoms of pans with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, oil, sugars and vanilla for approximately 1 minute.
• Add dry ingredients to the wet mixture and beat with a hand mixer at low speed for about 1 minute, or until smooth.
• Using a rubber spatula, stir in grated carrots, pecans and raisins.
• Pour batter into prepared cake pans. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center is removed clean.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Place first layer (rounded side down) on a plate or cake stand (don't forget to remove parchment paper from bottoms of cakes). Spread frosting over the top of the first layer. Place the second layer on top of the first layer (rounded side up). Frost side of cake, then frost top of cake.
• While cake is cooling, prepare the frosting by beating cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a large mixing bowl using a hand mixer until smooth.
• Slowly add powdered sugar while continuing to mix. Add lemon zest and juice and continue mixing until smooth. Store covered in the refrigerator until cake is ready to frost.

AWESOME CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, combine grated carrots, flour, white sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in eggs, oil, 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, pineapple and 3/4 cup chopped pecans. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine confectioners' sugar, Neufchatel cheese, 1/2 cup butter or margarine and 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla. Beat until smooth, then stir in 1 cup chopped pecans. Spread on cooled cake.

CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE-LEMON ZEST FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 8-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper (to ensure that the cake will not stick), or place liners in 2 muffin pans for 24 cupcakes. Set aside.
• Place the dried coconut in a cup of warm water to soften and set it aside for 15 minutes.
• Place the carrots in a food processor and pulse on and off for 1 minute. Then add the pineapple and pulse until the carrots are cut into very small pieces and the pineapple is pureed, 1 to 2 minutes.
• In a large bowl, sift together the dry ingredients. Add the brown sugar and use a whisk to break up any lumps.
• Drain the coconut and place it in a medium bowl. Add the oil, vanilla extract, eggs, and carrot-pineapple mixture, and whisk to combine.
• Add the wet ingredients into the dry, mixing with a rubber spatula to incorporate but not overmix. When the batter is almost mixed, stir in the additions, if using. Pour the batter into the prepared pans.
• Bake for 55 minutes, or until the tops are a very golden brown and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. (It may look as if the cake is too well done, but it takes a while to bake because it's so dense.) For cupcakes, the baking time is 35 to 40 minutes.
• Let the cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Then invert them onto a wire rack and let them cool completely.
• Fill and frost the cake with the Cream Cheese-Lemon Zest Frosting (for added oomph, add 1/2 tablespoon minced fresh ginger to the frosting).
• to decorate
• Fill and frost the cake with cream cheese frosting and let chill. Tint 1/2 cup frosting lemon yellow, and use the 10 tip to pipe 5 dots in a circle to create simple buttercup flowers. Then combine any remaining yellow frosting with some additional cream cheese frosting and tint it leaf green. I use tip #67, which pipes small fern stems. Pipe the center stamen with cream cheese frosting and chill to set.

CARROT CAKE WITH LEMON ICING

Steps:

• Sift flour, carb soda, mixed spice, ginger and salt into a bowl. Add sugar, carrot and nuts. Make a well add eggs, oil and vanilla.
• Beat well with a wooden spoon until thoroughly mixed.
• Pour into a well greased ring tin/cake tin. Bake in a moderate oven for approximately 45-50 minutes.
• Cool for a few minutes before turning out onto a cake cooler. Set aside.
• When cold, ice the top of the cake with lemon icing, sprinkle with slivers of lemon peel. This cake will keep fresh and moist for about 1 week.
• TO MAKE THE LEMON ICING:.
• Beat the icing sugar, lemon juice and softened butter well together. Add vanilla essence and if necessary adjust consistency with extra icing sugar or lemon juice.
• Spread thickly onto cooled cake and top with lemon peel.

CARROT BUNDT CAKE WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING RECIPE

Steps:

• Allow butter, eggs, cream cheese reach room temperature (set out in the morning)
• Toast nuts: cook for 8 min, in skillet, over medium high on stove; stirring constantly and cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Place oven rack in the center of the oven.
• Generously coat bundt cake pan with butter; set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium low combine water and raisins; cook until soft and liquid evaporates.
• In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, sea salt, and cinnamon; set aside.
• Using a standing mixer or hand mixer beat eggs for 1 minutes until frothy, gradually add sugar to the eggs and beat until the batter is thick and light colored (4 min).
• Slowly add oil in a steady stream, add vanilla.
• Add flour mixture 1 cup at a time mixing with each addition until moist.
• Hand stir in the carrots, raisins, and nuts.
• Pour batter into prepared bundt cake pan.
• Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center removes clean.
• Cool on wire rack in pan for 10 minutes, turn out, cool completely before frosting.
• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• Cream the butter and cream cheese till smooth, add powdered sugar, vanilla, lemon zest.
• Add milk one tablespoon at a time until reaches a pourable but thick consistency.
• Place cake on serving platter and slowly pour frosting around the top of the cake allowing to cascade down the fluted edges of cake.
• (Frosting will set firm in approx 20 minutes)
• Slice and Enjoy!

CARROT CAKE WITH LEMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.;
• In an electric mixer beat the cream cheese and butter on high until smooth. Then add confectioners' sugar. Continue to beat on high until the lumps have all dissolve. Finally, beat in vanilla extract and lemon juice on low speed until the frosting is completely mixed.;
• In a large mixing bowl combine, sugar, flour, salt, spices, and baking soda. Add oil to the dry ingredients and mix well. Add eggs; beat in one at a time.
• Once the batter is properly mixed, stir in carrots and walnuts. Pour the cake batter into a greased 9 by 13-inch pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 60 to 70 minutes or until golden brown.
• Once cake has cooled, frost and sprinkle chopped walnuts on top as a garnish.

CREAM CHEESE-LEMON ZEST FROSTING

Steps:

• In a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the cream cheese and butter on medium-high speed until combined and airy, about 2 minutes. Mix in the lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla.
• Sift the powdered sugar onto a piece of parchment or wax paper. With the mixer on low speed, slowly pour the sifted powdered sugar into the frosting (use both hands to bend the paper so the sugar pours slowly into the bowl).
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula. If the frosting seems too soft to spread, allow it to chill for 15 minutes in the refrigerator.