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Spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake

March 15, 2021 by Tiffany Leave a Comment

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This post is sponsored by Plugrá® Butter at Publix. The opinions and text are all mine.

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. It’s even topped with a cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

Spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake

Plain carrot cake just got a flavor makeover. Adding spices, walnuts, and citrus just elevated it to another level.

If you do a simple Google search on carrot cake you will probably get thousands of hits.

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

All of those recipes use copious amounts of vegetable oil to give it that “light” texture. But, the cake ends up greasy.

In this recipe, I swapped the oil for Plugrá® Butter. This delicious butter gives it flavor, moisture, and that tender crumb.

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

Plugrá Butter is extra creamy because it’s slow churned with real milk from American dairy farms. You can tell that the butter is always fresh and Plugrá makes sure to leave out any artificial ingredients and added hormones. It’s no surprise that it’s the official butter of Chicago’s French Pastry School and the NY James Beard House!

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

On top of that, regular butter is 80% butterfat and higher in moisture, while Plugrá is 82% butterfat and lower in moisture. This makes a huge difference, especially when you’re trying to get a flakier pastry dough or more flavorful sauces.

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

As for flavor profile, I went heavy on the spices, especially ginger. When you bake this cake, your entire house will smell warm and comforting.

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

My favorite part: grating the carrots…it counts as your daily workout. The carrots I used were skinny, so I ended up using about 6-7. If you can find bigger ones, it will make your job easier.

When finished, you can decorate your cake in any way you may like. I did some piping on top and added ground walnuts.

My girls loved spreading the frosting all over. And boy oh boy, that cream cheese frosting is heaven. Silky, smooth, sweet, and tangy.

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

This crazy baking experiment has me falling in love with carrot cake again and I hope it does the same for you.

Check out savings on Plugrá Butter at Publix here

To whip up a moist Orange Ginger Carrot Cake like mine, make sure to pick up Plugrá Butter in the dairy section at your local Publix! I hope you can try this delicious Orange Ginger Carrot Cake at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag

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This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!
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Spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
 

This stunning spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake is moist, tender, and delicious. Covered with cream cheese frosting. Have a slice!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: moist cake, moist carrot cake
Servings: 24
Calories: 566 kcal
Author: Tiffany bendayan
Ingredients
For Orange Ginger Carrot Cake
  • 8 oz Plugrá Butter, unsalted, softened
  • 14 oz Granulated Sugar
  • 4 Eggs, room temperature
  • 9 oz All Purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoons Salt
  • 2 teaspoons Ground Ginger
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon Allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
  • 12 oz Carrots, peeled and grated
  • 4 oz Orange Juice
  • Zest of 2 oranges
  • 1 cup Walnuts, chopped
For Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 16 oz Plugrá Butter, unsalted, softened
  • 32 oz Cream Cheese, softened
  • 4-5 cups Powdered Sugar, sifted
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.

  2. Grease two 9'' cake pans.

  3. In a bowl sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and spices.

  4. Using the mixer on medium speed cream thesugar and Plugrá butter together for 5-6 minutes.

  5. Add the eggs one at a time until until completely mixed.

  6. Add the orange zest.

  7. Slowly add the dry ingredients.

  8. Add the orange.

  9. Finally add the carrots and walnuts. Mix until combined.

  10. Divide batter equally in 2 pans.

  11. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

  12. Remove from the oven and cool in pans for 10 minutes. After that umold on cooling racks.

For Cream Cheese Frosting
  1. Place the cream cheese, Plugrá butter, and vanilla in a mixer and mix on medium speed until smooth and creamy. About 5 minutes.

  2. Slowly and in batches add the sugar until incorporated. Finally, add the vanilla.

Assembly
  1. Place 1 cake layer on a cake stand or serving plate. Spread 1 cup of frosting. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake.

  2. Decorate as you wish!

  3. Enjoy.

Nutrition Facts
Spiced Orange Ginger Carrot Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 566 Calories from Fat 360
% Daily Value*
Fat 40g62%
Saturated Fat 22g138%
Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol 130mg43%
Sodium 306mg13%
Potassium 195mg6%
Carbohydrates 49g16%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 39g43%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 3635IU73%
Vitamin C 3mg4%
Calcium 76mg8%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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