Freshly Milled Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Carrot cake with cream cheese icing is that rare dessert that feels like home — whether you're passing it around a sunny kitchen table or bringing it to a casual gathering with friends. Making it with fresh milled flour adds a lovely, rustic touch that you wouldn’t quite get from store-bought flour. Pair that with the familiar, tangy cream cheese frosting, and you’ve got a moist cake that’s flavorful and all-around delightful.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 25

Cooling Time 1

Total Time 1 55

Servings slices

Calories 732kcal

Ingredients

Cake:

1 ½ cups avocado oil 300 grams
1 ¼ cups sugar 200 grams
4 eggs
2 ½ cups freshly milled soft white wheat flour finely milled & sifted (288 grams)
2 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
3 cups shredded carrots about 1 lb (312 grams)
Optional: a handful of chopped walnuts for the top

Icing:

8 ounces softened cream cheese 226 grams
½ cup softened butter 115 grams
1 teaspoon vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar 400 grams

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease and flour three 7 or 8 inch cake pans.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the oil and sugar.
Add the eggs one at a time, mixing between each addition.
Mill the flour and sift it. You should have 2 ½ cups after sifting.
In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda.
Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine.
Add the shredded carrots and gently combine.
Evenly divide the cake batter into the prepared pans (about 2 cups of batter per pan) and bake for 22-28 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Allow to cool for 15 minutes, then remove from the pans to cool on a wire rack.
Prepare the icing by beating the cream cheese and butter together until fluffy.
Add the vanilla and powdered sugar and beat for several minutes until light and fluffy.
Ice the cake as desired and top with the walnuts if using.
Tastes best after being refrigerated!

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