Carrot chocolate cake
Instructions
Cake
Frosting
Garnish
Tips
When making the carrot frosting, ensure you do not add too much of the carrot juice as this will affect the texture of the frosting.
Tips
Storing the chocolate carrot cake properly is important to maintain its flavour and texture. With frosting, store it in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days. We do not recommend freezing the cake with cream cheese frosting, as it may affect the flavour and texture when thawed. If you have not frosted the cake yet, you can store it at room temperature in an airtight container for 1-2 days. If you prefer to keep it longer, put it in the fridge for up to 5 days or freeze it for up to 3 months. To freeze it, wrap it tightly in cling film and then in foil to protect it from freezer burn.
Ingredients
Cake
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Butter
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150 g |
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Icing sugar
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300 ml |
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Vanilla sugar
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2 tsp |
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Eggs
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3 |
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Flour
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150 ml |
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Cocoa
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4½ tbsp |
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Salt
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2 pinches |
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Carrot
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1 |
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Orange, finely grated zest
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1 |
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Orange juice
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1 tbsp |
Frosting
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Cream cheese
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100 g |
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Butter, room temperature
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50 g |
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Icing sugar
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200 ml |
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Carrot
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¼ |
Garnish
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Carrot
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½ |
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Liquid honey
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Indulge in a moist chocolate carrot cake
Delight in this elegant combination of rich chocolate and sweet carrot. The moist cake gives you the best of everything by combining two favourites, making it a wonderful choice for special occasions or as a luxurious treat to accompany your coffee or afternoon tea.
A dark base with a rich flavour
The base of the cake contains cocoa and finely grated carrots, resulting in a rich flavour and a pleasantly moist texture. Thanks to the cocoa, it also gets an elegant dark colour, which makes a beautiful contrast to the white frosting. The bitterness from the cocoa is balanced by the sweetness of the carrots, and paired with the fluffy cream cheese frosting, you get a little piece of heaven in every bite.
A soft and contrasting white frosting
To contrast the cake's chocolate and carrot flavour, it is topped with a soft, sweet frosting that is both creamy and luxurious. It is a classic cream cheese frosting but with a twist; it has finely grated carrots mixed into it, giving it both a festive, colourful look and a sweeter flavour with a bit of crunch. It offers a smooth and velvety texture with the gentle bites of carrot, and its delightful sweetness and creamy richness provide the perfect counterbalance to the deep flavours of the chocolate carrot base.
For more classic cake bases beautifully decorated with frosting, explore our recipes for carrot sheet cake with frosting and pistachios, festive Easter banana cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, and, for yet another treat with carrots, this gluten-free carrot cake with warm spices and lemon frosting.
Decorate with colourful dried carrots
The cake is already festive to look at, with the carrots mixed into the swirls of frosting, but the decorations do not stop there. It is made even more beautiful and festive by dried carrots, looking like small, elegant curls. These delicate carrot curls, lightly drizzled with honey and baked to perfection, not only add a beautiful visual element but also a subtle, sweet crunch. The vibrant orange of the carrot curls against the white cream cheese frosting and the dark chocolate carrot cake makes for a striking and appetising appearance.
Add your own touch
Although delicious as it is, you can consider incorporating a hint of orange zest into the cream cheese frosting for a citrusy twist. It will complement the orange in the cake base, too, making for a well-balanced experience. You can also sprinkle the top with a dusting of cocoa powder for added chocolate intensity. For even more chocolate goodness, add a few handfuls of dark chocolate chips to the batter. Or, if you cannot get enough of the chocolate flavour, make a white chocolate cream cheese frosting by adding 100 g melted and cooled white chocolate to the frosting.
