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Riva's Carrot Cake Made With Bread Flour

Jun 19, 2009 · Modified: Mar 21, 2022 by Anna · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

I haven't tried Riva's Carrot Cake, but I'm putting the link here for safekeeping. It's a carrot cake made with bread flour and it sounds interesting.

Carrot Cake with Bread Flour

The recipe in the link is a little hard to read, so here's my adapted version of Riva's Carrot Cake.

Recipe

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Riva's Carrot Cake Made With Bread Flour

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Riva's Carrot Cake is an 8 inch layer cake made with bread flour.
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Prep Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12

Ingredients
 

Cake

  • Scant 2 cups 9 ounces bread flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups 14 ounces sugar, divided
  • 4 eggs
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 pound carrots peeled and grated
  • ⅓ cup dried currants or raisins

Cream Cheese Icing

  • 1 cup 2 sticks softened butter
  • 1 pound cream cheese softened
  • 5 cups 1 pound, 4 ounces powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract optional

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 8-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with wax paper or parchment. Grease again and dust with flour.
  • In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt and just 1 cup sugar. Set aside.
  • With an electric mixer, beat the eggs and 1 cup sugar until the mixture is thick and light (ribbon stage), about 5 minutes.
  • With the mixer running, gradually add the oil and continue whipping until the mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
  • Gradually stir the flour mixture into the cake mixture, then fold in the carrots and currants (or raisins).
  • Divide the batter evenly between the two pans and bake the cakes on the same rack in the center of the oven just until set, 30 to 40 minutes, rotating halfway through for even cooking. A toothpick inserted will come out clean when the cakes are done. Remove the pans to a rack until cool before unmolding.
  • While the cakes are cooling, make the cream cheese frosting.
  • Cream cheese frosting: With an electric mixer, beat the butter until light and smooth. Add the cream cheese and continue mixing until smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl often to make sure the contents are completely combined.
  • Mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla. Add the sugar in three stages, mixing and scraping the sides of the bowl with each addition until the frosting is smooth.
  • Frost the cake then chill slightly to allow the frosting to thicken before serving.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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  1. janet

    June 19, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    I printed this one off. It looks delicious! Thanks! I am considering making cupcakes and freezing them for a always ready dessert and maybe much less calories? lol

  2. barbara

    June 19, 2009 at 10:01 am

    Just saw that Nestle is recalling much of it's cookie dough products for E Coli..fyi...

  3. Sue

    June 19, 2009 at 9:54 am

    That recipe looks very good. I haven't made a carrot cake in years, but when I do I use the recipe out of the Silver Palate Cookbook. Maybe it's time to update?

  4. LilSis

    June 19, 2009 at 9:18 am

    I could very easily do without the icing. The cake itself looks amazing! But, I better not make it while trying to lose a few pounds! 🙂

  5. Anna

    June 19, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Hi Shannon,

    I'm sure all buttermilk would be fine.

    M and Katrina, I think the icing is what makes that carrot cake so full of calories. Ounce for ounce, the cake itself is not any worse than other cakes -- maybe even better, since some carrot cakes have more oil. But I took a look at the icing and there's a lot of it!

  6. Katrina

    June 19, 2009 at 8:25 am

    Ooh, just the picture is definitely worth safe keeping! Love carrot cake, down to its very last calorie. 😉 I've actually made one low cal/low fat, it's still good, but never as good as the real thing! This one does sound great.

  7. HeartofGlass

    June 19, 2009 at 7:52 am

    It looks fabulous, but 619 calories a slice--well, at least they are honest!

  8. Shannon

    June 19, 2009 at 7:49 am

    I am such a fan of carrot cake, but never want to make it at home because I don't want to end up eating all of it myself!

    Anyway, I have a question about the recipe you posted recently for bran muffins (https://www.cookiemadness.net/?p=3869) adapted from Joy the Baker. It calls for 6 TBSP milk and 6 TBSP buttermilk. I was wondering how you think they'd be if I used all buttermilk (12 TBSP) instead. They look delicious, but I'm trying to use up some buttermilk I have in the fridge.

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