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A Business College student with the dream of opening her own Bakery Boutique. For the past few months, i started baking! I started off with the simple stuff like cookies and brownies. Since i live in a country that doesn't have a culinary school, im gonna do courses in a restaurant and work with the head pastry chef! :]

Friday, January 30, 2009

Walcorrt Cake with Cream Cheese frosting

Walcorrt Cake with Cream Cheese frosting



Filling

1 cup – Walnuts (toasted and chopped)

2 ½ cups – Carrots (grated)

2 cups – All purpose Flour

1 tsp – Baking soda

1 ½ tsp – Baking powder

Pinch of Salt

1 ½ tsp Cinnamon powder

4 Eggs

1 ½ - White sugar

1 cup – Sunflower oil

¼ x2 tsps- Vanilla extract


Cream-cheese frosting

¼ cup – Butter (softened)

16 tbsps – Cream cheese

2 cups – Icing sugar

1/4 tsp – Vanilla extract

½ tsp – Lemon zest

1 cup – Walnuts (toasted and chopped)


180˚ - 30mins – 9inch circular pan


1. Toast walnuts for 8 – 10mins in oven at 180˚ - Let it cool and after chop it up.

2. Peel carrots

3. Medium bowl – Add Flour + Baking soda + Baking Powder + Salt + Cinnamon powder. Whisk together and set aside.

4. Electric mixer bowl – Add eggs 1 by 1, then sugar, mix until whitish (3mins) + Oil + Vanilla.

5. Add flour mixture in steadily.

6. Put in the carrots and walnuts and mix with rubber spatula.


Cream-cheese frosting

1. Electric mixer – Add crease cheese + butter

2. Add icing sugar

3. Vanilla + lemon zest


Place frosting on top after the cake is completely cooled (20-25mins)

On the side of the cake place the walnuts.

Refrigerate.


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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Getting Started!

I've got all my recipes written up and ready! but no pictures :(
So i don't know if i should put the recipes up and then add the pictures in later or wait till i bake everything again and take new pics.
im stuck :[

First timer!

Well, I'm a new baker, just started a few months back and i realized i have a passion for it! So basically iv made a blog to put down my recipes and what im baking! :]