Carrot cake with maybe less sweetness than other recipes
I just tried this once tonight. Haven't even tasted it yet, but it looks great! And I wanted to write down my notes in case it was awesome.
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 3/4 cup oil (vegetable or canola)
- 1/2 cup sourdough discard
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups flour
- 2 1/2 cups freshly grated carrots (was about 7 small/medium carrots for me)
Frosting
- 8 Oz Cream cheese (Softened)
- 1/2 Cup Butter (Softened)
- 1 Tsp Vanilla
- 1 1/2 Cups Powdered sugar
Directions
- Grate carrots then preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, whisk together your sugars, oil, and sourdough discard until well combined.
- Add in the eggs and stir until just combined.
- Dump in the cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and flour. Stir into the mixture.
- Fold in your grated carrots.
- Pour mixture into a greased 9x13 pan.
- Place into the preheated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before frosting. (Place in the fridge to speed up cooling.)
Frosting
- Beat your cream cheese in a large bowl over medium speed until smooth.
- Add in the butter and continue beating till well blended.
- Add in the vanilla and powdered sugar and continue to mix until the frosting is totally smooth.
- Spread over cooled cake.