{"id":1633,"date":"2026-02-15T18:41:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:41:30","slug":"carrot-nut-cake-and-cream-cheese-icing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/carrot-nut-cake-and-cream-cheese-icing\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrot Nut Cake And Cream Cheese Icing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>7 ounces butter (at room temperature)<br \/>\n10 ounces sugar<br \/>\n3 ounces packed brown sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. cinnamon<br \/>\n1 lemon rind finely grated<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. nutmeg<br \/>\n4 eggs (at room temperature)<br \/>\n12 ounces sifted flour<br \/>\n3 tsp. baking powder<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. salt<br \/>\n1 C. fresh orange juice (at room temperature)<br \/>\n2 finely grated carrots<br \/>\n2 ounces finely chopped pecans<br \/>\n1 tsp. vanilla<br \/>\n3 ounces cream cheese<br \/>\n3 ounces butter<br \/>\n9 ounces sifted confectioner&#8217;s sugar<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. vanilla<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar for  10 minutes or until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the cinnamon, lemon rind, and  nutmeg. Beat in the eggs 1 at a time. Into a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking  powder, and salt. Add the flour mixture alternately with the orange juice, beginning and  ending with the flour mixture. Stir in the carrots, pecans, and vanilla. Pour batter into a  greased and floured 10 inch tube pan and bake at 350 for 60-65 minutes, or until the cake  tests done. Let the cake cool and ice it with Cream Cheese Icing. In a bowl (electric  mixer is best), cream together the cream cheese and butter. Slowly add the confectioners&#8217;  sugar and vanilla and blend until the mixture is smooth. Spread icing on a cooled cake.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?&quot; (Luk 11:11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cake<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/carrot-nut-cake-and-cream-cheese-icing\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cake"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/cake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}