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title: Carrot and Pecan Cake with Cream Cheese Icing – Lakanto Australia
description: Moist and indulgent Carrot & Pecan Cake lightly spiced with cinnamon and pecan topped with a tart cream cheese icing. 
image: https://blog.lakanto.com.au/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LakantoSM_4_of_9_1024x1024-3.jpg
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# Carrot and Pecan Cake with Cream Cheese Icing – Lakanto Australia by [ Lakanto Australia ](https://blog.lakanto.com.au/recipes/author/lakanto-australia)

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Moist and indulgent carrot cake lightly spiced with cinnamon and pecan topped with a tart cream cheese icing. 

 

| Prep Time: --- | 20 minutes --- |
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| Cook Time: --- | 35-45 min (large cake) 12-15 (individual cake) --- |
| Makes: --- | 1.8kg --- |
| Serves --- | 14 Slices  --- |
| Difficulty Level --- | medium --- |

**INGREDIENTS**

 

CAKE MIX

- 2 ¼ cups plain flour
- 1 cup Lakanto Monkfruit Golden Sweetener
- 1tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp bicarb soda
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 cup canola oil
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 ½ cups grated carrot

CREAM CHEESE ICING

- 1 cup cream cheese
- ½ cup Lakanto Monkfruit Classic Sweetener

 

**METHOD**

 

CAKE

- Preheat the oven to 180ºC fan forced. Grease your baking tin with coconut oil and flour.
  
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- Combine all the dry ingredients together in a bowl.
  
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- Combine all the wet ingredients together in a separate bowl.
  
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- Then carefully fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture gently stir until fully combined.
  
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- It is important to not over mix the batter or will become heavy and doughy.
  
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- Grease the base and sides of 2 x round baking tins with a little coconut oil and a little flour, then pour the batter evenly into the tins.
  
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- Bake for approx. 12-15 minutes for small individual cakes or 35 -40 minutes for whole mixture.

ICING

- In a medium bowl whip the cream cheese until soft, then add the Lakanto Monkfruit Classic Sweetener and mix until well incorporated. 

 

Tip

- You can add as much or as little as you like without worrying about empty calories.

 

RSLA0010**

 

Approx. Nutritional Information Per Serve133g Energy 1580kJ (377 Cal) Protein 6.7g Total Fat 29.7g Saturated Fat 6.0g Carbohydrate 18.8g Fibre 2.2g Sugar 2.2g Sodium 202mg

**Topics: ** [No Added Sugar](https://blog.lakanto.com.au/recipes/tag/no-added-sugar) [Monkfruit Sweetener Classic](https://blog.lakanto.com.au/recipes/tag/monkfruit-sweetener-classic) [Cake](https://blog.lakanto.com.au/recipes/tag/cake) [Cream](https://blog.lakanto.com.au/recipes/tag/cream)

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