Directions:
- CREAM CHEESE GLAZE 8 oz Cream cheese, softened 1 Tbsp Lemon juice 1 tsp Grated lemon peel 1 1/2 cup Confectioners sugar 1/2 cup Coarsely chopped walnuts This is billed as the richest carrot cake recipe ever.
- Lightly grease and flour a 10-by-4-inch tube pan.
- Sift flour with baking powder, soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Wash and pare carrots; grate on medi um grater or use coarse blade of food processor.
- Should measure 4 cups.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In large bowl of mixer, at high speed, beat butter and brown and granulated sugars, occasionally scraping side of bowl with rubber scraper, until light and fluffy-about 4 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition until smooth and light. In measuring cup, combine lemon and orange peels and juices.
- At low speed, beat in flour mixture (in fourths), alternately with lemon-orange mixture (in thirds), beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat just until smooth-about 1 minute. With wooden spoon, stir in grated carrot, nuts and raisins; mix well.
- Turn into the prepared tube pan; spread evenly.
- Bake 60 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in center of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on wire rack 20 minutes, to cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, make cream-cheese glaze: In medium bowl, combine cream cheese, lemon juice, lemon peel and confectioners' sugar.
- With portable electri c mixer at high speed, beat mixture until smooth.
- Set aside. Gently loosen edge of cake with spatula.
- Turn out of pan onto rack.
- Spread glaze over top of the warm cake, letting it run down side of cake. Carefully remove cake to cake platter.
- Sprinkle chopped walnuts around top edge of cake. Serves 12.
Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per 1 Serving | |||
| Calories | 416.34 Kcal (1743 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 206.43 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 22.94g | 35% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 95.23mg | 32% | |
| Sodium | 258.65mg | 11% | |
| Potassium | 427.25mg | 9% | |
| Total Carbs | 51.89g | 17% | |
| Sugars | 45.08g | 180% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 2.65g | 11% | |
| Protein | 5.46g | 11% | |
| Vitamin C | 7.2mg | 12% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.6mg | 19% | |
| Iron | 1.2mg | 7% | |
| Calcium | 93.9mg | 9% | |
| Amount Per 100 g | |||
| Calories | 294.37 Kcal (1232 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 145.96 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 16.22g | 35% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 67.33mg | 32% | |
| Sodium | 182.87mg | 11% | |
| Potassium | 302.08mg | 9% | |
| Total Carbs | 36.69g | 17% | |
| Sugars | 31.87g | 180% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.87g | 11% | |
| Protein | 3.86g | 11% | |
| Vitamin C | 5.1mg | 12% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.4mg | 19% | |
| Iron | 0.8mg | 7% | |
| Calcium | 66.4mg | 9% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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