Créances Carrot Cake

1. Wash the carrots and peel them off properly.
2. Put them into a grinder and grind until they are finely grated.
3. Set them aside until they are needed for the batter.
4. Take a large mixing bowl.
5. Add all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the bowl.
6. Mix all the dry ingredients well and set them aside for the batter.
7. Take a separate mixing bowl.
8. Add eggs into it.
9. Whisk the eggs and while you are at it, add sugar into the bowl.
10. Whisk until the mixture turns creamy and pale.
11. Continue whisking and add the orange zest, orange juice and vegetable oil into the bowl.
12. Then add the dry ingredients into the bowl and mix up using a spoon into a fine batter.
13. Add grated carrot into the batter and mix it well.
14. Take a baking pan.
15. Grease the pan with oil.
16. Pour the batter into the pan.
17. Bake the Créances carrot cake for 90 minutes at 340 degrees Fahrenheit.
18. Once, the cake is baked, remove it from the oven and let it cool down for at least half an hour.
19. When it is cooled down let the cake out in a dish.
20. Use a knife to slice the cake into two slabs.
21. Remove the slab on top and set it aside on another plate.
22. Use an icing cone to apply cream cheese icing on top of the second slab.
23. Place the first slab on top of it and refrigerate the cake for at least 2 hours.
24. Enjoy the soft and cool Créances carrot cake!

Trivia

• The density of a carrot cake is more than that of a normal cake.
• Cream cheese icing is commonly used for carrot cakes.

Carrot cake is the most popular in Britain as per a survey carried out in 2011 by the Radio Times.