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    Home » Eggless Bakes » Cake Recipes » Eggless whole wheat carrot orange cake with orange blossom cream cheese frosting

    Eggless whole wheat carrot orange cake with orange blossom cream cheese frosting

    Dec 6, 2017 · Modified: Dec 20, 2020 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

    Carrot cake and cream  cheese frosting are match made in heaven. Any human being with a sweet tooth would agree on this. I personally love cream cheese frosting, but only next to buttercream. Buttercream and me are kind of love at first sight. Maybe it is because i got a decent frosting with buttercream. 
    So when i decided to make a vegan orange carrot cake today, i wanted some other flavor in the cake.  While googling for some ideas, i came across this orange blossom water, luckily i had it in my pantry. I have used this to flavor the cake as well the frosting. 
    The cake has got a beautiful crumb, i have added 2 tablespoon sooji in my regular cake recipe, as last time when i baked some carrot muffins, though the top was dry, the bottom was very soggy, when i tried reading about it, some say that the extra moisture from the carrots might have done it. I m not sure, whether it was the moisture that caused it, so far a safer side, i added semolina and indeed the cake was perfect.
    I have to experiment with the same muffin recipe again to confirm this. Anyways everybody at home loved the orange blossom water flavoring in the cake and as well in the frosting. My hubby even suggested that i should bake this cake for a birthday, as he finds the sugar perfect in the cake.
    I would definitely recommend this cake for celebrations. If your people like marmalade, you can spread 1 or 2 tablespoon of it in the middle while filling the cake. Except for my hubby rest of us despise marmalade! I cannot stand that taste, dont ask me why!
    Go ahead make this cake and if you bake from here, do tag me in your social media posts #icampinmykitchen or @priyasrinivasan in Instagram. Would love to see your cakes.

    If you are looking for some orange cakes and muffins, here is a list from my kitchen

    • Eggless Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
    • Eggless chocolate orange cake (using condensed milk)
    • Vegan Chocolate orange muffins
    • Vegan orange mixed berries muffins
    • Eggless orange choco chip muffins
    • Eggless orange muffins with chocolate cream cheese frosting
    Ingredients 
    1.5 cups whole wheat flour
    2 tablespoon semolina/Sooji 
    1.5 cups of shredded carrots
    ¾ cup sugar 
    2 tablespoon black raisins
    2 tablespoon chopped almonds
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    ½tsp baking soda
    1 tablespoon orange blossom water
    1 cup orange juice
    ½ cup oil
    Few chopped almonds for garnish

    Method
    • Grease 2, 5-inch round baking pans and line it with parchment. Preheat the oven to 170C.
    • In a wide bowl take flour, baking powder and soda. Whisk well to combine
    • To this add semolina, almonds, raisins and sugar. Whisk well to combine. Add shredded carrots to the  dry mix and mix well.
    • In a measuring jug, take orange juice. Add oil and orange blossom Water to it and whisk well to Combine.
    • Pour the wet ingredients to the dry and using spatula mix well. Take care while mixing, mix in a single direction. 
    • Divide the batter amongst the 2 baking pans and bake in the preheated oven for 45-50’minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center of tb cake comes out clean.
    • Remove the cake from the oven to a wire rack, let it cool for 5 minutes, then slowly remove it from the pan and let it sit on the wire rack until it is completely cool.
    • If serving as such, i would suggest to serve it warm. If frosting, let it cool completely. Cling wrap the cakes and refrigerate until frosting.

    Orange blossom water flavored Cream cheese frosting

    Ingredients 
    100 grams butter, @ room temperature
    100 grams cream cheese, @room temperature 
    4 cups of icing sugar
    1 teaspoon orange blossom Water 
    • Take together all the ingredients in a wide bowl. Whip using a electric beater until nice and fluffy.

    Fill and frost the cake

    • Remove the cakes from the refrigerator. Scrap the top of the cakes.
    • Put a blob of cream cheese frosting on a cake board or a plate. This helps to hold the cake in its place while you frost. 
    • Place a cake layer on top. Brush the top with simple sugar syrup.Fill the top of the cake with cream Cheese frosting. Place the second layer bottom side up. Brush the top again with simple sugar syrup.
    • Crumb coat the cake with cream cheese frosting. This seals the crumbs well and gives a neat finish to the final decoration 
    • Refrigerate the cake for atleast 10 minutes before decorating it with cream.
    • I added another layer of frosting and piped some cream and top and garnished with some roasted almonds. Let the cake rest for 10 minutes before slicing.



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    Comments

    1. Pavani

      December 07, 2017 at 1:36 am

      That is one pretty looking cake Priya. Love carrot cake with cream cheese frosting — such classic combination.

      Reply
    2. Srivalli

      December 07, 2017 at 5:04 am

      I have always wanted to pair this cream cheese with carrot but never got get it done..looking at your beautiful cake, makes me want to do it right away..even better get to eat your cake..:)

      Reply
    3. Rafeeda AR

      December 07, 2017 at 8:13 am

      Do you still have this in your pantry? Can I come over, pretty please? 😀 I love carrot cake, but somehow not fond of it with frosting.. don't know why… Orange blossom water was always meant for Arabic desserts, should try this flavor in plain cake first…

      Reply
    4. Priya Suresh

      December 07, 2017 at 8:47 pm

      Omg, such a gorgeous cake, carrot and orange in cake with cream cheese frosting, stunning cake there Priya, loving it to the core.

      Reply
    5. vaishali sabnani

      December 08, 2017 at 12:40 am

      Priya you are a pro with Cakes now , what a pretty looking Cake and an awesome flavour . Love the idea of cream cheese frosting .

      Reply
    6. Chef Mireille

      December 17, 2017 at 12:39 am

      your cakes are just looking too good now and carrot cake is one of my faves with orange blossom the flavor must be over the top

      Reply
    7. Kalyani

      December 17, 2017 at 3:26 pm

      cakes and orange blossom water – kalakkarenga pa ! that slice is so inviting !

      Reply
    8. cookingwithsapana

      December 19, 2017 at 11:05 pm

      Carrot range cake looks sinful with that gorgeous frosting.

      Reply
    9. Padmajha

      January 12, 2018 at 2:43 pm

      Just by reading the name of the cake, I am drooling. I wish I had a slice or at least a bite of this yummy cake!

      Reply
    10. www.annapurnaz.in

      January 30, 2018 at 9:19 am

      The cake looks absolutely delicious

      Reply

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