carrot cake with cream cheese icing
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Love this easy to make single 9 inch layer carrot cake, and the nutty crumb topping makes it one my favorites. Delicious!
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Ingredients For carrot cake with cream cheese icing
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2 call purpose flour
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2 tspground cinnamon
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1 tspbaking powder
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1/4 tspsalt
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2/3 cbutter, softened
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1 cgranulated sugar
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3 lgeggs
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2/3 cmilk
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3 mdcarrots, grated
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1/2 ccoarsely chopped walnuts ( 2oz. )
- ICING
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1/2 c( 1 stick ) butter, softened
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4 ozcream cheese, softened
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1 tspvanilla extract
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2 1/2 cconfectioners sugar
- TOPPING
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1/4 cfinely chopped walnuts ( 1oz. )
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2 Tbspfirmly packed light brown sugar
How To Make carrot cake with cream cheese icing
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1Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9 inch round cake pan. Dust with flour; tap out excess. Mix together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.
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2Beat together butter and sugar at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. At low speed, alternately beat flour mixture and milk into butter mixture. Stir in carrots and nuts. Pour batter into prepared pan.
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3Bake cake until top springs back when lightly touched and center tests done with a toothpick, about 40 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack to cool completely.
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4Icing-beat together butter and cream cheese at medium speed until smooth. Beat in vanilla. Beat in confectioners sugar until well blended.
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5Topping-mix together nuts and brown sugar. Place cake on a serving plate. Spread icing over top and sides. Sprinkle with nut mixture.
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