CHOCOLATE CARROT CAKE
Recipe courtesy of mOOnchild
Ingredients:
For cake layers:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon each baking powder and baking soda
4 large eggs
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
4 medium carrots, shredded coarse (about 2 cups)
For cream cheese frosting:
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 cup confectioners' or powdered sugar
For chocolate glaze:
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
3 ounces fine-quality BITTERSWEET chocolate
(not unsweetened)
6 tablespoons heavy cream
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup confectioners' or powdered sugar
CAKE LAYERS:
Preheat oven to 350ºF. and grease and flour two 9 by 2-inch round cake
pans, knocking of excess flour. Into a bowl sift together flour,
sugar, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder. In a large
bowl with an electric mixer beat together eggs and oil on low speed
until combined well. Add flour mixture and beat until just combined.
Stir in carrots and devide batter between pans. Bake cake layers in
middle of oven 35 to 50 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Cool
cake in pans on a rack 10 minutes and invert onto rack to cool
completely.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together cream cheese and butter
until smooth. Add vanilla and confectioners' sugar and beat untl
creamy. Spread frosting on top of 1 cake layer and top with other
layer
CHOCOLATE GLAZE:
In a small saucepan combine glaze ingredients and cook over moderate
heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted and glaze is
smooth. Remove from heat and cool glaze slightly. Spread glaze over
top and sides of cake and chill 1 hour, or until set. Serves 6 to 8.
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Bethany L. Firem 79 months ago | reply
It is perfect in it's imperfection-Thank you thank you for the recipe. I'm putting gobs of icing on mine
david.nikonvscanon 76 months ago | reply
Delicious photo.
I showed this to my wife and it really triggered her taste buds, she demanded that I stop torturing her (with the photo).
Schlogel 67 months ago | reply
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Simon Ware 59 months ago | reply
wow! this looks like a deliciously deviant cake...