Sour Cream Carrot Breakfast Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
A super simple carrot cake recipe with sour cream, oil, and a dreamy cream cheese glaze. Make this for your next special-occasion breakfast or brunch.
Servings: 12
Calories: 232kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup sour cream (not low fat or fat-free)
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups finely grated carrots, packed
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Glaze
- 2 ounces (1/4 of a block) brick cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- dash of fine salt
- 2 – 3 teaspoons milk or cream, or more as needed
Instructions
Make the Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Line a 9 inch round metal cake pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine both sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
- Add the sour and mix well.
- Beat in the oil, egg, and vanilla extract.
- Add the carrots and mix until moistened.
- Add the flour and mix gently until fully incorporated.
- Pour batter into the prepared pan. Smooth the top into an even layer, if needed.
- Bake for 41 – 42 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with dry crumbs.
- Cool in pan 10 minutes.
- Transfer to wire rack and cool until room temperature, about 45 - 50 minutes.
Make the Glaze
- In a medium sized bowl, use a whisk or electric mixer to beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract (if using) until smooth and creamy.
- Add the powdered sugar and salt and mix until fully incorporated and lump free.
- Gently mix in the milk/cream. Add more, about 1/2 a teaspoon at a time, if glaze is too thick.
- Drizzle over the cooled cake.
Notes
- Please feel free to adjust the spice amounts to your preference!
- If you use a cream that is very high in fat I recommend adding a bit of water to your glaze to help thin it out.
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Nutrition
Calories: 232kcal