Carrot Cake with Lime Cream Cheese Icing and Orange Marmalade Cream
Prep. Time:
45 mins
Baking Time:
25 minutes per batch (75 minutes total for 3 layers)
Total Time:
2 hours (including cooling and assembly)
Serves:
10-12 servings
Ingredients
Instructions
Make the cakes: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line three 20cm cake tins. Mix dry ingredients, then wet ingredients separately. Combine and fold in grated carrots. Divide between tins and bake for 25 minutes.
Orange marmalade cream: Whisk egg yolks and sugar over gentle heat until thick. Stir in marmalade, cool completely. Whip cream and fold in.
Lime cream cheese icing: Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Gradually add icing sugar, lime zest, and juice.
Carrot decorations: Shape orange marzipan into small carrots, create green tops with colored marzipan.
Assembly: Layer cakes with orange marmalade cream between layers, coat with lime cream cheese icing, decorate with marzipan carrots.
