Moroccan Spiced Carrot Cake with Ras El Hanout Recipe
Try out this amazing Moroccan spiced carrot cake recipe with Ras El Hanout and I dare you to tell me if this is not the best spiced carrot cake you have had!
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: African, American, Moroccan
Servings: 10
Calories: 889kcal
Ingredients
365gall purpose flour
370gfinely grated carrotsabout 3 cups
220gsugar
127g/ 1/2 cup yogurt
127g/ 1/2 cup apple sauce
1/3cupunflavored oilI used sunflower oil
2tbspalmond milkyou may substitute with regular milk or any other plant milk
1 1/2tspsweet Ras El Hanoutrecipe in previous post
1 1/2tspbaking powder
1tspvanilla extract
1/2tspbaking soda
1/4tspsalt
For the Frosting: 8oz/ 226gone block of cream cheese
8oz/ 226g/ 1 cup2 sticks of unsalted butter
7cupsof powdered sugar
The zest from 1/2 an orange
1/2tspvanilla
1/2tspsalt
1/2cupof unsweetened shredded coconutoptional
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 340 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter and flour two 8-inch-wide and 3-inch-deep cake pans and set aside.
In a clean bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, Ras El Hanout, baking powder and baking soda.
In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, yogurt, apple sauce, oil, almond milk, and vanilla extract.
Mix together the wet and dry ingredients until it is just combined, be sure to not over mix.
Fold in the grated carrots until it is properly distributed in the cake.
Divide the cake batter between the two prepped pans.
Bake in the pre-heated oven and for 45-50 minutes. The cake should be just mildly springy in the middle once it is completely done.
Cool the cake on a cooling rack, and prep the cream cheese frosting
To make the cream cheese frosting, simply beat the cream cheese and butter (preferably with an electric mixer), until it is homogeneous.
Gradually beat in the powdered sugar on low speed, adding it in one cup at a time.
Beat in the vanilla, salt and orange zest. The frosting should be smooth and spreadable.
Simply assemble the cake as neatly or as rustic as you wish, and top with the coconut flakes
Notes
Make sure all your ingredients are room temperature, especially the butter and cream cheese for the frosting