Harry's Birthday Cake

Makes 15 cm/6 inch cake

Ingredients

• For the cake

  • • 240 gr ap flour

    • Pinch of salt

    • 2 tsp baking powder

    • 1 tsp baking soda

    • 200 gr sugar

    • 250 ml vegetable or canola oil

    • 4 large eggs

    • 2 tsp vanilla extract or paste

    • 250 gr carrots, grated

    • 200 gr toasted walnuts, finely chopped

• For Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 226 gr unsalted butter, room temp

  • 450 gr cream cheese, room temp

  • 450 gr powdered sugar

  • 2 tsp vanilla extract or paste

  • Green gel food coloring

  • Pink gel food coloring

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Prepare 2 15 cm/6 inch cake pans with parchment paper.

2. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Add sugar, oil, eggs, and vanilla, whisk to combine. Add carrots and walnuts, and combine with a spatula.

3. Divide the batter into 2 pans and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Set them aside to cool.

4. For the frosting, in a large bowl beat butter and cream cheese with a hand mixer for 2-3 minutes. Sift powdered sugar, and add vanilla. Beat for additional 2 minutes. Take 1/2 cup of frosting and place it into a small bowl. Add a few drops of green food coloring, and mix to fully combine. Transfer to a piping bag with. For the rest of the frosting, add a few drops of pink food coloring, and mix to fully combine.

5. To assemble the cake, place 1 of the cakes into the serving dish. Top the cake with 1/2 cup pink frosting, and spread evenly. Top with another layer of cake, and cover the whole cake with pink frosting. Cut a small opening of the piping bag with green frosting, and pipe "Happee Birthdae Harry". Enjoy!