Carrot Cake with Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting
This moist and flavorful Carrot Cake with Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting uses freshly grated carrots to produce the best tasting cake.
Ingredients
Carrot Cake
- 1 1/2 cups freshly grated carrots
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt* (combine 1/3 cup of Greek yogurt and water to make 1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup neutral oil (vegetable oil works well)
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar or granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 chopped walnuts
Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 oz low fat cream cheese
- 4 tbsp salted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp grated nutmeg
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Carrot Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8x8 square cake pan and line with parchment paper.
- Wash, peel, and grate carrots. It took me about 4 large carrots to get 1 1/2 cups grated.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, fresh grated nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
- Stir together 1/3 cup of 0% plain Greek yogurt with water until yogurt reaches the consistency of a thick cream. You should pour freely. Set aside.
- In bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, combine oil, light brown sugar, dark brown sugar, and vanilla extract. Turn stand mixer on to medium and beat until combined. Add eggs one at a time. Alternating between the Greek yogurt and flour, add wet and dry ingredients to the sugar and egg mixture until just combined. Pause stand mixer periodically to scrape down edges.
- Using a spatula, fold in grated carrots and chopped walnuts. Pour batter into cake pan. Bake in middle rack for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
- Let cake cool on a wire rack completely before frosting. You can also store unfrosted cake in the freezer.
Ginger Cream Cheese Frosting
- Combine ingredients for frosting in bowl of stand mixer with whisk attachment. Whisk until frosting becomes light and fluffy.
- Frost cake and serve! Store any leftovers in an airtight container.
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