How Do I Make A Carrot Cake Into A Chocolate Carrot Cake?
Decorating By kathik Updated 19 Sep 2007 , 6:08am by kathik
This recipe was in a recent Scharffen Berger Newsletter. I haven't tried it yet but thought it sounded good. It is baked in a bundt pan but I would think you could bake layers as well. It looks like they've only added a little cocoa powder to a standard carrot cake recipe.
Chocolate Carrot Cake
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
3 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1-1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup Scharffen Berger cocoa powder
1-1/2 tsp baking powder
1-1/2 tsp baking soda
1-1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups finely grated carrots
Method:
Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Beat sugar and oil together. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. Mix
In a separate bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add to egg and sugar mixture. Stir in grated carrots.
Pour into prepared baking pan. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool. Unmold the cake to frost.
Icing
Ingredients:
8 oz. cold cream cheese
5 Tbsp. butter
2 tsp vanilla extract
5 ounces Scharffen Berger 70% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate
3 Tbsp. water
Method:
In the top of a double boiler, melt chocolate and water. Cool slightly.
In a mixer, beat cold cream cheese, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add the chocolate mixture. Frost the unmolded cake.
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