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Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

I like to grate the carrots by hand actually, thats a lie, I dont enjoy it one bit

because I want it very finely grated for a soft batter. The food processor works, too, butthe pieces are a bit thicker.

Makes 2 cupcakes !or one two"layer cake, instructions at end#

2 cups all purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

$ teaspoon salt2 teaspoons ground cinna%on

$&2 teaspoon ground nut%eg

$ teaspoon ground ginger2 cups sugar

$ $& cups canola oil

large eggs' cups grated peeled carrots

$ cups coarsely chopped walnuts !optional#

$&2 cup raisins !optional#

(reheat oven to ')*+$-/.

0ine 2 cupcake %olds with papers, or butter and flour the%.

1hisk flour, baking soda, salt, cinna%on, nut%eg and ginger in %ediu% bowl to blend.

1hisk sugar and oil in large bowl until well blended. 1hisk in eggs $ at a ti%e. dd

flour %i3ture and stir until blended. 4tir in carrots, walnuts and raisins, if using the%.5ivide batter a%ong cupcake %olds, filling '& of each.

6ake cupcakes $ to $7 %inutes, or until a tester inserted into the center of one co%es out

clean. 0et cool in pans for five %inutes or so, then transfer cakes to a cooling rack. 0et

cool co%pletely before icing the%.

To %ake a carrot layer cake8 6utter two 9"inch"dia%eter cake pans instead of cupcake%olds. 0ine botto% of pans with wa3ed paper. 6utter and flour paper tap out e3cess

flour. 5ivide the batter between the prepared pans, and bake the layers for about *

%inutes each, or until a tester inserted into center co%es out clean. :ool cakes in pans $)

%inutes. Turn out onto racks. (eel off wa3ed paper cool cakes co%pletely.

Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

Two !7"ounce# packages crea% cheese, softened

$ stick unsalted butter, roo% te%perature

2 cups confectioners sugar$& cup pure %aple syrup

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In a stand %i3er beat all the ingredients on %ediu% until fluffy. :hill the frosting for $*

to 2* %inutes, until it has set up enough to spread s%oothly.

The spa;;y star decorations were created by putting the %aple crea% cheese frosting intoa piping bag fitted with a large star tip and dolloping away. n e3tra layer of dollops

were piped nearer to the center, to create a do%ed effect.

To asse%ble a carrot layer cake, frost the top of one cake, place the other cake on top.

/rost the sides and top, swirling decoratively.