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Carrot cake

Cinnamon carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

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A simple carrot cake: a batter made with brown sugar, grated carrots, and cinnamon, with your choice of raisins and walnuts, topped with a cream cheese an…

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Recipe from Kittycataclysm, MarcGarver, Red4tribe and 15 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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This carrot cake is made by hand and takes only 50 minutes to bake. The cream cheese frosting, applied once the cake has cooled, balances its spicy sweetness.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time50 min
  • Resting30 min
  • Total1 hr 40 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$4.62 $0.46 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

10 people

Cake

  • $0.36
  • $0.69
  • $0.51
  • $1.20
  • $0.23
  • $0.03
  • $0.06
  • $0.40

Glaze

  • $0.38
  • $0.37
  • $0.09
  • $0.30

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 12 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease a baking pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
  2. Melt the butter with the sugar, then add the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon.
  3. Add the beaten eggs, grated carrots, and lemon juice, and then, if desired, the grapes and walnuts, and mix well. ≈ 4 min
  4. Pour: Pour, then bake in the oven for approximately 50 minutes.
  5. For the glaze, combine the powdered sugar, cream cheese, margarine, and vanilla. ≈ 4 min
  6. Once the cake has cooled, frost it with the icing.

The bill

Cinnamon carrot cake with cream cheese frosting

  • 225 g of flour$0.36
  • 225 g of grated carrots$0.69
  • 150 g of margarine or butter$0.51
  • 250 g of dark brown sugar$1.20
  • 2 teaspoons of cinnamon$0.23
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice$0.03
  • 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder$0.06
  • 1 egg$0.40
  • 100 g of powdered sugar$0.38
  • 50 g of fresh cheese or creamy cottage cheese$0.37
  • 25 g of margarine or butter$0.09
  • 2.5 ml of vanilla extract$0.30

Total$4.62

that's $0.46 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Ingredients

  • 225 g of flour
  • 225 g of grated carrots
  • 150 g of margarine or butter
  • 250 g of dark brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
  • 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder
  • 1 egg
  • grapes and walnuts (optional)
  • 100 g of powdered sugar
  • 50 g of fresh cheese or creamy cottage cheese
  • 25 g of margarine or butter
  • 2.5 ml of vanilla extract

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