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Baby Shower Cake for a Boy on a cake stand with and elephant cake topper

How to Make a Baby Shower Cake for a Boy

Learn step by step how to make this carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for a baby shower or any other celebration!
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Prep Time 4 hours
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Cakes
Cuisine American
Servings 30 slices

Equipment

  • 3 15cm diameter round cake tins

Ingredients
  

Carrot Cake

  • 650 grams muscovado sugar
  • 6 eggs
  • 300 ml sunflower oil
  • 600 grams self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 550 grams carrots, grated
  • 200 grams walnuts, chopped

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 230 grams unsalted butter
  • 200 grams icing sugar
  • 690 grams cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Carrot Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C and prepare three 15cm diameter cake tins with oil and baking paper.
  • In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add the eggs, sugar, and oil. Beat until well combined.
  • Sift together the flour, salt, baking powder, and spices.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and beat until just combined.
  • Add the grated carrots and walnuts and mix together with a wooden spoon.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared cake tins and bake in a preheated oven for about 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove the cakes from the oven.
  • Allow the cakes to cool in their tins and then remove them from the tins and wrap them in clingfilm and place them in the fridge overnight.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • In a bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment add the butter. Beat at high speed until the butter is light and fluffy, and white in color. This can take up to 10 minutes.
  • Add the icing sugar and beat again.
  • Change to a paddle attachment and add the cubed cream cheese, beat at a low speed to start with, and once combined beat at a high speed for about 5 minutes. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl as you go.
  • Once the icing is fluffy, and smooth add it to a piping bag.

Cake Assembly

  • Remove the plastic wrap from the cakes and place one cake layer on a cake plate. Pipe a layer of frosting on the surface of the cake layer and smooth it out. Continue with all three layers.
  • Pipe a thin layer of frosting over the surface of the cake, the sides, and the top. Smooth out the frosting with a cake scraper. Place the cake in the fridge to set for a minimum of 1 hour.
  • Color the remaining frosting with the color of your choice and add it to a piping bag. Remove the cake from the fridge and pipe a layer of frosting over the sides and the top. Smooth the frosting out with a cake scraper. Refrigerate the cake for another hour.
  • Remove the cake from the fridge and decorate with mini meringues and cake toppers.
Keyword baby shower, buttercream, carrot cake, celebration cake, cream cheese frosting, layer cake
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