Carrot Cake With Cardamom
- Cake
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 eggs
- 4 cups carrots, shredded
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 orange, zest of
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup yogurt, plain
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 16 ounces cream cheese
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Pinch salt(optional)
- In the bowl of mixer, with paddle attachment, beat sugar and eggs until light yellow. Add vanilla.
- In a large bowl, combine flours, baking powder, salt, cardamom, and cinnamon. Add carrots and orange zest and toss to coat.
- Add flour mixture, alternately with yogurt and oil, to egg mixture. Stir only until just combined.
- Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour two 9" cake pans. Pour batter evenly into pans. Bake until golden, about 50-60 minutes. Allow to cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.
- Cream butter and cream cheese. Add powdered sugar. Beat well. Add vanilla.
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Taken from food52.com/recipes/9214-carrot-cake-with-cardamom (may not work)