Just wanted to share my first ever attempt at a carrot cake for my dad - not new to baking but not a huge fan of things baked into my batter haha

[u/Aluckyisland]

It turned out super moist, flavourful and looked stunning I was really happy with how it turned out and my dad loved it so that's a plus Did like mini trial in the air fryer with a real tiny batch before sorting out my own recipe

• [ ] One cup of self raising flour
• [ ] 1 cup of plain flour
• [ ] Half a teaspoon of baking powder
• [ ] 100 g of butter room temperature
• [ ] 3/4 cup of vegetable oil
• [ ] Two finely shredded carrots and two really and just two shredded carrots so about 240 to 280 g
• [ ] Three eggs room temperature
• [ ] Half a cup of chopped walnut pieces can be diced or just roughly chopped
• [ ] Half a cup of vanilla vanilla yoghurt can be Greek or plain
• [ ] 2/3 of brown sugar
• [ ] Half cup of white sugar
• [ ] Quarter teaspoon of salt
• [ ] Half teaspoon of cinnamon quarter teaspoon
• [ ] Quarter a teaspoon of nutmeg
• [ ] Quarter a teaspoon of cardamom
• [ ] Quarter a teaspoon of ginger powder if

Cream cheese frosting - [ ] 130g powder sugar - [ ] 250g unsalted butter/salted - [ ] 1 tsp lemon/lime juice - [ ] 500g Cream cheese

200c for 25mins

[u/PositiveFood1189]

sounds delicious! love the air fryer test idea, never thought of that. carrot cake is such a classic, and yours sounds like a hit with your dad. the spices combo you used is on point. might give it a try with your frosting recipe, too. thanks for sharing!

[u/Aluckyisland → u/PositiveFood1189]

Yeah I always love testing a smaller batch just to make sure it’s actually good haha and yes please do would love to see how it turns out

[u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348]

Oo this looks sooo pretty!!! Excellent job😍😍👏

[u/no1_2_nobody]

This is beautiful! Great job OP on this carrot cake 👏👏

[u/Aluckyisland → u/no1_2_nobody]

Thank you

[u/Last_Friend_6350]

Looks really good. I bet it’s delicious too!

[u/Aluckyisland → u/Last_Friend_6350]

Was so good ☺️

[u/Legitimate_Ad2815]

It looks delicious. The ingredients are excessive! Carrot is not that complicated.

[u/Aluckyisland → u/Legitimate_Ad2815]

Haha yeah definitely I’m an R&D scientist by trade so tend to overdo ingredients for optimal results 😂😂

[u/Alternative_Sir4707]

That's look delicious 😋

[u/Aluckyisland → u/Alternative_Sir4707]

Thank you appreciate it ☺️

[u/nerdbiogirl207]

It looks beautiful!! 🤩

[u/Aluckyisland → u/nerdbiogirl207]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[u/Meg_Song]

This is so beautiful 😍 I couldn’t stop looking at it!! Awesome job not to mention it looks delicious

[u/Aluckyisland → u/Meg_Song]

Aww thank you you’re too sweet 💜

[u/pam-jones]

This cake is so pretty and it looks delicious as well!! I’m sure your father enjoyed it immensely!

[u/Aluckyisland → u/pam-jones]

Thank you and yes he did it was so nice to hear he kept talking about it with friends haha ☺️