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slice of sourdough carrot snack cake with piped buttercream carrots on top on a cake plate with a fork.

Sourdough Carrot Snack Cake

Mimi Council
This Sourdough Carrot Snack cake is a simple carrot cake for Easter! Moist, lightly spiced, cream cheese icing, and decorated with naturally colored carrots!
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Cooling Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Makes 9 servings
Calories 529 kcal

Equipment

  • Digital Food Scale
  • Stand Mixer
  • 9x9-inch Baking Pan
  • Parchment Paper Sheets
  • Piping Bags
  • Ateco Tip #6 and #68

Ingredients
 
 

Batter

  • 226 grams carrots (finely grated)
  • 113 grams salted butter (melted)
  • 226 grams cane sugar
  • 113 grams sourdough discard
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 155 grams white whole wheat flour
  • 30 grams rye flour
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • ¼ cup sweet cream creamer (room temperature)

Frosting

  • 113 grams salted butter (softened)
  • 113 grams cream cheese
  • 284 grams powdered sugar (sifted)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Suncore Foods Organic Orange Dye
  • Suncore Foods Organic Matcha Green Dye

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9x9-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
  • Grate the carrots using a fine grater and add to a large bowl.
  • Melt the butter, you can do this in the microwave or in a small pot over the stove.
  • Add the melted butter, cane sugar, eggs, and sourdough discard and mix on low until combined.
  • Add in the white whole wheat flour, rye flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cloves.
  • Mix on low until combined.
  • Add in the coffee creamer and slowly mix it in until you have a smooth batter.
  • Transfer to the prepared baking pan and spread it out evenly.
  • Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in the cake pan.
  • To make the frosting: In the bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, add the butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix on low until combined, then speed mixer up to high and mix for 2 to 3 minutes or until light and fluffy.
  • Reserve about ⅓ cup frosting and add one-third of it into a small bowl and the other two-thirds into another small bowl. Add the matcha powder into the bowl with less frosting and the orange carrot powder into the small bowl with more frosting. Mix up the colors to combine them completely. You can use more or less food color for a brighter color if you want.
  • Transfer the green frosting to a piping bag with Ateco tip #68 and the orange frosting to a piping bag with Ateco #6.
  • Add the remaining white frosting onto the carrot cake and spread it out evenly.
  • Using the orange frosting, pipe a line the size of the carrot you’d like to pipe and zig zag the frosting back and forth while making the line shorter each time so it creates a triangle.
  • Using the green frosting with the tip vertical (not horizontal as you’ll get a petal) pipe 2 to 3 small stems.
  • Continue adding carrots on the cake in a freeform way!

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Notes

Tips
  • Always weigh ingredients for the best results.
  • Make sure to use a fine grater for the carrots, don't use a large grate size. Using a small grate will allow the carrots to blend into the batter, where a large grate can cause a gummy texture. If you have a box grater, use the smallest option.
  • If you don't have sourdough discard, you can use a mix of all purpose flour and water. Just mix together 57 grams of each together and use in place of sourdough discard.
  • I'm using a square cake pan here, but a round one also works too!
  • You don't have to pipe the carrots on top, this part is totally optional. The cake is delicious either way!
  • Make sure to store extra cake in an airtight container in the fridge (because of the cream cheese frosting).
  • High Altitude – Bake at 350°F for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Nutrition

Calories: 529kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 5gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 103mgSodium: 380mgPotassium: 71mgFiber: 2gSugar: 57gVitamin A: 850IUVitamin C: 0.01mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 1mg
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