A Cozy Kitchen· by Adrianna Adarme★ 5.0 (17)

Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe

Name: Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 130 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg (if using dried nutmeg, use 1/2 teaspoon); 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger; 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature); 1 cup white granulated sugar; 1 cup brown sugar; 1/2 cup neutral oil ((such as avocado oil, grape seed oil or vegetable oil) ); 3 large eggs; 3/4 cup buttermilk (shaken); 2 1/2 cups grated carrots; 1 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature); 8 ounces cream cheese (at room temperature); 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; Pinch of salt; 3 cups powdered sugar; 2 tablespoons heavy cream; 1 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature); 4 cups powdered sugar (sifted); Pinch of salt; 1 tablespoons heavy cream; Food gel coloring

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A moist sheet cake speckled with grated carrots and walnuts, topped with a brown butter cream cheese frosting. The warm spices complement the carrots, and the frosting adds richness and tang.

Ingredients

12 SERVINGS

Carrot Cake Dry Mix:

2½ cupsall-purpose flour
2 tspbaking soda
2 tspground cinnamon
1 tspfreshly ground nutmeg — or dried nutmeg
1 tspkosher salt
½ tspground ginger

Carrot Cake Wet Mix:

½ cupunsalted butter — room temperature
1 cupwhite granulated sugar
1 cupbrown sugar
½ cupneutral oil
3large eggs
¾ cupbuttermilk — shaken
2½ cupsgrated carrots
1½ cupschopped walnuts

Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting:

½ cupunsalted butter — room temperature
8 ozcream cheese — at room temperature
½ tspground cinnamon
⅛ tspground cardamom
1 tsppure vanilla extract
salt
3 cupspowdered sugar
2 tbspheavy cream

Buttercream for Flowers

1 cupunsalted butter — room temperature
4 cupspowdered sugar — sifted
salt
1 tbspheavy cream
Food gel coloring

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Method

2h 10m total

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