#44 Brown Butter Chai Carrot Loaf Cake

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Hello, good morning and good afternoon from wherever you are reading this!

I love a theme- and I had a craving for Carrot Cake ALL WEEK- so naturally I had to indulge in my cravings and get creating. ( I can now confirm I do not want any more flipping carrot cake for a while- recipe developing does that to the things you love.)

I feel like the world and its dog has a recipe for a carrot cake- everyone claiming theirs to be the holy grail of soft, moist & fragrant bakes. But I am not going to do such thing on here- because I instantly switch off when people address their food like that. SUCH an eye roll moment for me.
….What I can say however-is that it is a bloody good recipe and one I hope you come to make and tweak to your own personal tastes again and again.

Over on TSK+ I will be sharing with you such a delightful little Carrot Cake Cookie Recipe that it will charm your socks off. Think picnics and tea parties new side piece.

Brown Butter & Chai Carrot Cake with an Orange Mascarpone Frosting

Ingredients

(For the cake)
300g Plain Flour
2 Tsp Baking Powder
4g Flaked Salt
1 Tsp Cinnamon Powder + 1/2 Tsp Ground Cardamom
1/3 Tsp Nutmeg
1 tsp Ginger Powder
1 Pinch of Ground Cloves
195ml Vegetable Oil + 120ml Browned Butter
100ml Maple Syrup
150g Dark Brown Sugar
4 Large Eggs
1 Orange, zest and juice
1 Tbsp Vanilla Bean Paste
300g Grated Carrots
100g Pecans
100g Sultana's

(For the icing)
230g Cream Cheese/ Mascarpone
80g Whipping Cream + 140g Soft Butter
2 Tbsp Maple Syrup
140g Icing Sugar
Zest of 1 Orange
Pinch of Salt

(To garnish)
20g Blonde Chocolate shavings
Pecans to Garnish

Method
1) Preheat the oven to 180°C Fan. Thoroughly grease two 1lb loaf tins with vegetable oil.
2) Add all dry ingredients together into a large mixing bowl and stir. In a separate bowl whisk all the wet ingredients together and stir.
3) Combine all the ingredients together into one bowl and pour into the prepared cake tins. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until when a wooden skewer is inserted it comes out with minimal crumbs. You want this to be nice and moist!
4) Beat the cream cheese & softened butter either using an electric whisk or the paddle attachment to your stand mixer for 3 minutes. Add the cream and icing sugar. Beat again for a further 2-3 minutes until thick and fluffy. Add the frosting on top of each loaf and serve!