Carrot Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Butter | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Ground cinnamon | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 1/2 teaspoon mace or nutmeg | ||
| Orange rind | 1 Teaspoon, grated | |
| Eggs | 4 standard | |
| Carrots | 1 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), finely shredded | |
| 2/3 cup toasted walnuts or filberts, finely chopped | ||
| 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted | ||
| Baking powder | 3 Teaspoon | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Warm water | 1/3 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
GETTING READY
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.
2. Take a 11-by-15-inch cake pan and butter it.
MAKING
3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in the cinnamon, grated orange rind, and either mace or nutmeg.
5. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Gradually stir in the carrots and nuts.
7. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
8. Add this mixture, with the warm water, to the butter creamed mixture.
9. Do not beat this mixture; fold in the flour just until it is well moistened.
10. Take the buttered cake pan and pour the batter
11. Bake in the pre-heated oven at 350 degree Fahreheit for 35-40 minutes, or until the cake springs back when it is pressed lightly in the center.
SERVING
12. A few minutes after removing the cake from the oven, loosen it from the sides of the pan and turn out on a rack to cool.
13. It's best to serve the carrot cake a day or two after it has been baked, for it improves in flavor and texture if aged.
1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.
2. Take a 11-by-15-inch cake pan and butter it.
MAKING
3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
4. Beat in the cinnamon, grated orange rind, and either mace or nutmeg.
5. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Gradually stir in the carrots and nuts.
7. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
8. Add this mixture, with the warm water, to the butter creamed mixture.
9. Do not beat this mixture; fold in the flour just until it is well moistened.
10. Take the buttered cake pan and pour the batter
11. Bake in the pre-heated oven at 350 degree Fahreheit for 35-40 minutes, or until the cake springs back when it is pressed lightly in the center.
SERVING
12. A few minutes after removing the cake from the oven, loosen it from the sides of the pan and turn out on a rack to cool.
13. It's best to serve the carrot cake a day or two after it has been baked, for it improves in flavor and texture if aged.
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