Carrot Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze

 

Here’s a delicious, moist Carrot Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze 🥕🍰 — rich like a pound cake, but soft and perfectly spiced.

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🥕 Carrot Pound Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp nutmeg
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
• 2 cups finely grated carrots
• ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 170°C / 340°F. Grease and flour a loaf or bundt pan.
2. In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt.
3. In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
5. Mix in sour cream.
6. Gradually add dry ingredients.
7. Fold in grated carrots and nuts.
8. Pour into pan and bake 55–65 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
9. Cool completely before glazing.

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🧀 Cream Cheese Glaze

Ingredients

• 120 g cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 2–3 tbsp milk or cream
• ½ tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Beat cream cheese until smooth.
2. Add powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla.
3. Drizzle over cooled cake.

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🌟 Tips

• For extra moisture, add 2 tbsp oil to the batter.
• Orange zest pairs beautifully with carrot cake.
• Keeps fresh 4 days in the fridge.