Chocolate and Carrot Cake with Sour Cream Frosting

Name: Chocolate and Carrot Cake with Sour Cream Frosting
Total time: 3 h 25 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1.5 cups all-purpose flour; 1.5 tsps Baking powder; 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon; 0.25 tsp salt; 4 eggs; 1.5 cups sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 0.75 cup unsalted butter (melted, slightly cooled); 2 cups grated carrots; 0.667 cup semi-sweet chocolate (coarsely chopped); 2.333 cups white chocolate (chopped); 0.5 cup Sour cream; 1 cup grated Chocolate

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Difficulty:

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Preparation:

25 min.

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For Cake: 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour; 1 ½ tsps Baking powder; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ tsp salt; 4 eggs; 1 ½ cups sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; ¾ cup unsalted butter (melted, slightly cooled); 2 cups grated carrots; ⅔ cup semi-sweet chocolate (coarsely chopped)

For Frosting: 2.333 cups white chocolate (chopped); ½ cup Sour cream; 1 cup grated Chocolate

How healthy are the main ingredients?

carrot Chocolate sugar Sour cream cinnamon salt

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Preparation steps

For Cake:

With the rack in the middle position, preheat the oven to 350° F / 180º C. Butter two 8-inch pans.

In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.

In another bowl, beat the eggs, sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer until smooth, about 10 minutes. Using a spatula, gently fold in the melted butter. Gradually, whisk in the dry ingredients. Add the grated carrots and chocolate.

Pour the batter into the pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Run a thin knife around the edge of the cake to separate it from the pan. Turn onto a cooling rack and let cool completely, about 2 hours.

For Frosting:

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Remove from the heat. Add the sour cream and stir until the mixture is smooth.

With an electric mixer, beat the chocolate mixture until it stiffens slightly, about 2 minutes. If necessary, refrigerate for a few minutes. Frost the top of one cake. Set other cake on top. Frost top and sides of topped cake. Sprinkle grated chocolate evenly over top and serve.