Recipe: Tasty Orange Carrot Cake

Orange Carrot Cake. A citrusy sour cream frosting is the literal icing on this moist orange-carrot cake recipe. Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger infuse each bite of this orange cake recipe with warm flavors. The cake is fairly similar to a classic carrot cake recipe, but with the zest and juice of one whole orange added in.

Drizzled with orange cream cheese icing, it's carrot cake perfection! This is the best orange carrot cakes recipe out there! Beat in the eggs, orange zest, and juice. You can cook Orange Carrot Cake using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Orange Carrot Cake

1. Prepare 1 cup of Wheat flour.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of power sugar.
3. Prepare 1/4 cup of milkmaid.
4. It's 1/2 cup of grated carrot.
5. Prepare 1 tsp of orange zest.
6. You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of baking powder.
8. You need 3-4 drops of Vanila essence.
9. It's 4 tbsp of fresh orange juice.
10. You need as needed of Almonds.

Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add the chopped walnuts, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and grated carrot. Mix just until combined (don't overmix, because this will affect how the cake rises). Spoon the batter into the prepared cake pan.

Orange Carrot Cake step by step

1. Mix dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls..
2. Now mix wet and dry ingredients together..
3. Bake the batter for 30 minutes on 180 F. Best serve with coffee..

Carrot Cake Recipe - moist and delicious, this cake is topped with a scrumptious orange cream cheese frosting. Every bite is melt in your mouth delicious! This carrot cake is loaded with pineapple, coconut, and nuts. I feel like carrot cake is a dessert most people tend to only make around Easter. But honestly, carrot cake is such an incredible dessert and I think it should be enjoyed all year long.