Nobody can resist yummy Chocolate Carrot Cake which is specially made on the occasion of Easter. His cake gets a nice texture because of finely shredded carrots. To make it crunchy, you can add crushed walnuts on the top if you prefer it.
The preparation time for this cake is 35 minutes while baking time is 25 minutes. Keep additional time for cooling also. You can have 12-16 servings from this recipe. One servings of this cake gives 578 calories.
Ingredients:
- All-purpose flour – 2 cups
- Sugar – 2 Cups
- Baking Soda – 1 tsp
- Baking Cocoa - ½ cup
- Eggs – 4
- Salt – ½ tsp
- Finely Shredded carrots – 3 cups
- Vegetable Oil – 1 -1/4 cups
Frosting:
- Cream Cheese (Softened) – 8 Ounces
- Butter (Softened) – ½ cup
- Confectioner’s Sugar – 3 – ¾ Cups
- Baking Cocoa- ¼ Cup
- Vanilla Extract – 3 tsp
- semisweet chocolate chips – ¼ cups
- Walnuts (Chopped) – ¼ cups
How to Make Chocolate Carrot Cake:
Take two 9” round baking pans and line them with waxed paper. Keep it aside after greasing the paper. Preheat the oven at 350 degrees.
Take a large mixing bowl and pour flour, sugar, baking soda, cocoa and salt. Mix them very well.
Now add eggs, carrot and vegetable oil to this mixture. Beat all the ingredients very well to make smooth mixture.
After it is done, pour this in the prepared pans.
Bake the cake for 25-30 minutes. You can check for its readiness by inserting a toothpick in the cake; it should come out clean.
Cool it for 10 minutes in the oven before taking it on the wire racks for further cooling.
For preparing frosting, take a large mixing bowl and pour butter and cheese into it. Beat the mixture until it is fluffy. Then beat in the cocoa, confectioner’s sugar and vanilla to make a smooth mixture.
Place one layer of cake and spread frosting and then repeat layers. In the end sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts.
