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Rustic Carrot Cake | by Shaye Elliott

Published: November 9, 2015 | Last Updated: April 30, 2017 2 Comments

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CARROT CAKEHello fellow food and farm enthusiasts, it’s Shaye Elliott from The Elliott Homestead!

So glad to meet you… even if it is digitally. I’m always humbled by the community that exists around a common love for animals, farms, and good food. Which is obviously why you’re reading DaNelle’s blog in the first place! It’s a beautiful place to hang out and be inspired. I’m humbled she’s invited me to share in a bit of that love.

I brave my honeybees to make this deliciously authentic dessert, but you don’t have to! Honey is the secret weapon in this rustic carrot cake and its cream cheese frosting. Who knew eating vegetables could “bee” so sweet?

Rustic Carrot Cake

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 6
Author: Shaye Elliott
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Ingredients

  • Carrot Cake
  • 1 cup butter room temperature
  • ¼ cup sugar (dehydrated whole cane preferable)
  • ½ cup honey
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract-
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ⅛ tsp grated nutmeg
  • ½ cup walnuts , chopped
  • 1 ½ cups carrot , shredded
  • Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • ¼ cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 Tbsp orange zest

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Carrot Cake
  3. Combine the butter and sugar in a mixer. Whip until light and fluffy. Drizzle in honey and continue to whip. Add egg yolks one at a time. Add vanilla extract, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, walnuts and carrot. Continue mixing until combined.
  4. Pour batter into parchment-lined or heavily buttered loaf pan. Bake for about 40 minutes. Check if done by inserting a toothpick into the middle of cake. When it comes out clean, remove from oven.
  5. Let cake rest until cooled.
  6. Cream Cheese Frosting
  7. Combine cream cheese, honey and vanilla in a mixer until light and fluffy. Remove cake from pan and spread frosting on top – garnish with walnuts and orange zest.

CARROT CAKE

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ABOUT DANELLE

DaNelle started to take an interest in a healthier lifestyle after suffering from two debilitating chronic diseases. On a mission to create a farm of her own, DaNelle forced, or rather 'lovingly persuaded' her husband to purchase a ranch home on an acre of land and transform it into their very own urban farm. DaNelle blogs at Weed 'em & Reap where she writes about the sustainable backyard farming, traditional food, & natural remedies.

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Comments

  1. Lynda says

    December 18, 2016 at 12:31 pm

    Yes! Looks amazing! Yummmy!!!!

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  2. Lisa @ Ruthie Bell Home says

    January 8, 2016 at 6:02 pm

    That looks amazing! I will definitely be pinning this.

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