Chai spiced carrot cake
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Chai spiced carrot cake

The best carrot cake is a chai spiced carrot cake!

Serving Size:
6 slices
Time:
40 min
Difficulty:
1/5

For the cake:

  • 3 eggs
1 cup | 2 dl sugar

  • 3 dl | 2 1/2 cup all purpose flour 

  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 tsp baking powder 

  • 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 

  • 1 tsp cardamom 

  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger

  • 1 pinch salt 

  • 3/4 cup | 1 1/2 dl oil (sunflower or olive oil)

  • 2 1/4 cup | 4 1/2 dl shredded carrots

Chai milk:

  • 2 bags of celestials chai spice Tea
  • 1 cup milk

Cream Cheese Frosting:


  • 2 dl | 1 cup heavy cream 

  • 1,5 dl | 3/4 cup Brown sugar 

  • 1 tsp vanilla
the
  • zest of 1 lime
  • 1 tbsp lime juice 

  • 100 g cream cheese

Directions

  1. Beat the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer for 10 min until pale and fluffy. Then add oil, the spices, salt, carrots, vanilla and baking powder.
  2. When all combined sift the flour and carefully fold it in.
  3. Start to pour the batter in a baking pan. Bake on 175 c for 30-45 min.
  4. When baked let cool.
  5. Make the chai milk tea by boiling the tea bags in milk on medium high heat.
  6. Let the bags sit in the milk when cooling down.
  7. In the meantime make the frosting by combining all ingredients in a bowl and whip on high until fluffy and smooth.
  8. Poke the baked and cooled cake with a fork, pour the chai milk over the cake.
  9. Frost the cake with the cream cheese frosting and top with a sprinkle of cinnamon.