5 carrots

320 grams all-purpose flour

230 grams granulated sugar

4 eggs

300 ml vegetable oil

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1,5 tsp baking powder

120 gr walnuts (chopped roughly or flour)

Frosting:

250 grams cream cheese

140 grams butter room-temperature

60 grams icing sugar

half tsp vanilla extract

Pre-heat oven at 170° C.

Grate finely the carrots.

Beat gently the eggs with the sugar until fluffy.

Add the vegetable oil. Beat for a couple.

Fold in the carrots.

Sift into the mixture the flour, the baking powder and the cinnamon.

Now add the walnuts chopped (flour is also good).

Pour into a greased pan (21×21 cm if square; 23 cm diameter if a round one).

Bake  for 50 minutes.

Meanwhile in a container beat the butter with the cream cheese, add the icing sugar and the vanilla extract and mix again for a couple of minutes.

When the cake is cold, top it with the icing.

Carrot Cake

300 gr farina / 300 gr flour

2 cucchiaini cannella / 2 teaspoons cinnamon

1/2 cucchiaino lievito / half spoon baking powder

1/2 cucchiaino bicarbonato / half spoon soda powder

200 gr zucchero di canna (o 150 gr zucchero di canna e 50 gr zucchero bianco / 200 gr brown sugar (or 150 gr sugar cane and 50 gr white sugar)

4 uova / 4 eggs

250 ml olio di semi / 250 gr vegetal oil

Buccia di un  limone grattugiata / lemon zest of 1 lemon

300 gr carote grattugiate / 300 gr carrots grated

150 gr noci pecan / 150 gr pecan nuts

150 gr burro / 125 gr butter

80 gr zucchero a velo / 50 gr icing sugar

350 gr cream cheese / 250 gr cream cheese

(Colorante blu > in polvere e vegetale acquistatelo in negozi specializzati/ blue colour > powder and vegetal buy it in specialised stores)

Tempo: 2 ore / Time: 2 hours

Miscelare le farine con liveito e soda e setacciare, unire zucchero e cannella.

Sieve the flours with baking powder and soda add the sugar and the cinnamon.

In un recipiente unire olio, uova e buccia di limone. Sbattere bene e unire le carote.

In a bowl mix the eggs with the oil and the lemon zest. Beat well and add the carrots.

Ora unire il composto di farina, poi le noci tritate grossolanamente. Mescolare bene. E versare nella tortiera foderata di carta forno oppure imburrata bene.

Now add the flour mixture, add the nuts roughly chopped. Mix well. And pour into the baking pan (previously coated with baking paper or with butter).

Infornare per 1 ora a 170°. Fare raffreddare

Put into the oven for 1 hour at 170°. Cool down.

Nel frattempo preparare la crema di formaggio mescolando gli ingredienti tutti a temperatura ambiente.

In the meanwhile prepare the cream by mixing well all the ingredients (room temperature). 

Tagliare la torta raffreddata in due meta e farcirle con un terzo della crema.

Cut the cake into 2 discs and fill them with one third of the cream.

Ora unire il colorante alla crema se lo desiderate (o usatela bianca).

Add the colour to the cream if you like (or use it as it is).

Versare la crema restante sulla torta e con la spatola coprirla bene. Mettere in frigo.

Pour the remaining cream on top of the cake and with a spatula spread it throughoutly. Keep in the refrigerator.