Spice Market Carrot Cake

Name: Spice Market Carrot Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 1 1/2 cup sugar; 2 Tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp ground turmeric; 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon; 3/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper; 1/2 tsp ground white pepper; 1/2 tsp ground coriander seed; 1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper; 1/2 tsp ground allspice; 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg; 1/4 tsp ground cloves; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 4 eggs, room temp and slightly beaten; 3 cups shredded carrots; 3/4 cup vegetable oil; 1/3 cup agave nectar; 1 cup dried apricots, chopped

4 steps

Prep:30minCook:1h 5min

There's a Ginger-Orange Cream Cheese frosting recipe that I created to go with this cake recipe, but whatever cream cheese recipe you decide on will taste delicious.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 07:38:59 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories208.7 kcal (10%)

Total Fat8.6 g (12%)

Carbs31.4 g (12%)

Sugars20.3 g (23%)

Protein2.6 g (5%)

Sodium280.1 mg (14%)

Fiber1.4 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottom of 8 or 9 inch round baking pans with parchment paper. Grease and flour paper. In a mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder, spices, baking soda and 1/4 tsp salt.

Baking sheet

Parchment paper

Bowl

OvenPreheat

Step 2

In another bowl combine eggs, carrots, oil and agave nectar. Stir egg mixture into flour mixture until combined. Stir un apricots. Pour into prepared pans.

Bowl

Step 3

Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted near centers cones out clean. Cool for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans, remove paper. Cool cakes on wire racks.

OvenHeat

Step 4

Frost the top of each cake layer with Ginger-Orange Cream Cheese frosting, stack them as you go, frost the sides of cake.