Moroccan Spiced Carrot Cake with Ras El Hanout
Try out this amazing Moroccan spiced carrot cake recipe with Ras El Hanout and I dare you to tell me if this is not the best spiced carrot cake you have had!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 10 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 365 g all purpose flour
- 370 g finely grated carrots (about 3 cups)
- 220 g sugar
- 127 g/ 1/2 cup yogurt
- 127 g/ 1/2 cup apple sauce
- 1/3 cup unflavored oil (I used sunflower oil)
- 2 tbsp almond milk (you may substitute with regular milk or any other plant milk)
- 1 1/2 tsp sweet Ras El Hanout (recipe in previous post)
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- For the Frosting: 8oz/ 226g (one block of cream cheese)
- 8 oz/ 226g/ 1 cup (2 sticks of unsalted butter)
- 7 cups of powdered sugar
- The zest from 1/2 an orange
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup of unsweetened shredded coconut (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 340 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter and flour two 8-inch-wide and 3-inch-deep cake pans and set aside.
- 2
In a clean bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, Ras El Hanout, baking powder and baking soda.
- 3
In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, yogurt, apple sauce, oil, almond milk, and vanilla extract.
- 4
Mix together the wet and dry ingredients until it is just combined, be sure to not over mix.
- 5
Fold in the grated carrots until it is properly distributed in the cake.
- 6
Divide the cake batter between the two prepped pans.
- 7
Bake in the pre-heated oven and for 45-50 minutes. The cake should be just mildly springy in the middle once it is completely done.
- 8
Cool the cake on a cooling rack, and prep the cream cheese frosting
- 9
To make the cream cheese frosting, simply beat the cream cheese and butter (preferably with an electric mixer), until it is homogeneous.
- 10
Gradually beat in the powdered sugar on low speed, adding it in one cup at a time.
- 11
Beat in the vanilla, salt and orange zest. The frosting should be smooth and spreadable.
- 12
Simply assemble the cake as neatly or as rustic as you wish, and top with the coconut flakes