Sunday, April 16, 2017

Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Icing


Ingredients
Wheat flour – 1 cup
Baking powder – 1 tsp
Baking soda – ½ tsp
Cinnamon powder - ¾ tsp
Ginger powder – ½ tsp
Cloves powder – pinch
Nutmeg powder – pinch
Eggs – 3
Ripe Banana (elaichi kela) – 1
Jaggery powder – 1 cup
Vanilla extract – ½ tsp
Coconut oil – ¼ cup
Hung curd – ½ cup
Grated carrot – ¾ cup
Walnuts - ¾ cup
Salt – ¼ tsp

Cream Cheese icing
Low fat paneer – ½ cup
Butter – ¼ cup
Jaggery powder – ¾ cup
Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp
Coffee powder – 1 tsp
Vanilla extract – ¼ tsp
Walnuts – ¼ cup

Method
Cake
Mix the dry ingredients well
Beat the eggs well and fold in gradually into the dry mixture
Add curds, mashed banana, essence, walnuts and oil to it
Mix slowly
Add more curd if required
Pour the batter into a cake tin
Bake in a preheated oven (170 degrees) for 35 mins till a knife inserted into it comes out clean
Let it cool in the oven

Cream Cheese icing
Blend the paneer and butter in a mixie till it becomes smooth
Add a tbsp of fresh curd while blending
Mix the other ingredients and beat well
Spread the icing on the sides and the top of the cake
Sprinkle some toasted walnuts on top


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