Best 5 Carrot Orange Cake With Cashew Cream Icing Recipes

CARROT & ORANGE CAKE WITH CASHEW CREAM ICING

Steps:

• FOR THE SPICE BLEND:.
• 3 tablespoons cinnamon.
• 1 teaspoons each ground cardamom and carraway.
• 1/4 teaspoons each nutmeg, ginger and cloves.
• FOR THE DATE PASTE:.
• If your dates are hard, soak them for about 20 mts. in the orange juice. If your dates aren't soft in 20 minutes leave them in the juice until they are. This is important. Once soft process these in a food processor so that you have a nice paste.
• ASSEMBLE THE CAKE:.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer slowly mix all the ingredients. Either shape into individual cakes or press into an 8x8" glass pyrex dish.
• Put into the fridge and let set up for at least 2 hours or *you can also dehydrate this by placing on a dehydrator sheet for 8-12 hours at 115'F.
• FOR THE FROSTING:.
• Blend all the ingredients in a high speed blender such as a Vita Mix, until smooth.
• Place the frosting in the fridge to thicken up, then ice your carrot cake. You can do this all at once of add a little to each piece. Its up to you.
• Garnish the cake with ground nutmeg.
• Bon Appetit!

CARROT & ORANGE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160 C (Fan). Put sugar, oil and beaten eggs into a large bowl, and thoroughly combine with a spoon, beating lightly
• Stir in carrots, orange zest, and nuts
• Mix flours, bicarbonate of soda, and cinnamon together, then sift into bowl and lightly mix.
• Pour mixture into prepared tin (18 cm square loose bottomed, greased and lined with baking parchment)
• Bake for 45 mins, and a wooden skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool in tin, but remove before decorating.
• Squeeze the juice of the orange into a pan (sieve to remove all that isn't juice), and add sugar, and heat slowly until sugar has dissolved. As soon as cake is out of oven, brush the glaze all over the top of the cake and allow to soak in. Leave cake to cool completely, then remove from tin.
• Mix together the cream cheese, icing sugar, and orange blossom essence. Add more icing sugar if you prefer it sweeter.
• Spread the frosting all over the top of the cake, and swirl it a knife. Add chopped walnuts to decorate.

ORANGE CARROT CAKE II

Steps:

• Blend 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, coconut, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, and oranges (undrained} in bowl on high speed -- for 1-2 minutes --
• Add remaining 1 1/2 cups flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt --
• Blend on medium speed for 45 seconds -- scrape bowl and add carrots.
• Pour into greased 13x9 pan -- or two 9" round cake pans.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 35-45 minutes.
• Cool completely on racks -- (let set in pan for 10 minutes before removing) if using round cake pans. I leave it in the 13x9 pans.
• To prepare ORANGE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Cream cream cheese and butter until smooth -- add the rest of the ingredients. Beat until smooth --
• Frosting will not be as stiff -- add more powdered sugar if you desire a stiffer frosting --
• Frosting will harden in the refrigerator --
• Garnish cake with drained mandarine oranges if desired --.

CARROT-ORANGE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• For cake:
• Preheat oven to 325°F. Lightly butter 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Line bottom with waxed paper; butter paper. Using electric mixer, beat oil and both sugars in large bowl until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in orange juice and peel. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt into large bowl; add to sugar mixture and beat to blend. Stir in carrots and raisins.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Transfer pan to rack. Cool cake 15 minutes. Turn cake out onto rack. Remove waxed paper and cool. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly in plastic and store at room temperature.)
• For Frosting:
• Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl until light. Beat in orange juice and 2 teaspoons orange peel. Add sugar; beat until smooth. Refrigerate until thick enough to spread, about 30 minutes.
• Using serrated knife, cut cake horizontally into 2 equal layers. Place 1 cake layer on platter. Spread with 1 1/2 cups frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Using icing spatula, spread remaining frosting in thick decorative swirls over top and side of cake. (Carrot cake can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover with cake dome and refrigerate.) Serve cake cold or at room temperature.

CARROT CAKE WITH PHILLY CREAM CHEESE ICING

Steps:

• Cake: Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt in medium bowl; set aside. Beat eggs and oil in large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Gradually add granulated sugar, mixing until blended. Add flour mixture, carrots, pineapple and walnuts; mix well. Pour into greased and floured 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch (3-L) tube pan.
• Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until wooden toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool 10 min.; loosen from sides of pan with spatula or knife and gently remove cake. Cool completely on wire rack.
• Icing: Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl with electric mixer until well blended. Gradually add icing sugar, juice and peel, beating until well blended after each addition. Spread on top of cake. Store leftover cake in refrigerator.