Carrot cake with cream cheese

This Easter cake both tastes and looks absolutely fantastic! And a carrot cake is just perfect as an Easter cake. Other suggestions for a wonderful Easter cake could be this cheesecake with lemon or this lemon cake with polenta. Both cakes have a fresh citrus flavor that is perfect for this spring season. For a slightly healthier alternative, try this raw cake with coconut and lime or this healthy carrot cake, which can also be easily made as a beautiful layer cake. If you love the combination of carrot cake and cream cheese, but can't bear (or can't eat) a whole layer cake, you can try these wonderful carrot muffins with cream cheese. They can also be decorated with Easter eggs and made into a nice Easter muffin.   

The best carrot cake

The carrot cake recipe is made from The absolute best carrot cake recipe. A fantastic treat that is juicy and sweet, lightly spiced with cinnamon and with a good amount of grated carrot. The crumb is airy and just the right amount of crunchy, so it's really hard to settle for just one piece. The carrot cake can of course also be made at other times of the year. As long as you don't decorate with Easter eggs, it will be perfect for any occasion.

TIP: Also try a delicious pumpkin cake with white chocolate cream cheese frosting perhaps decorated as a nice (un)pleasant Halloween cake

Decoration for Easter cake

The Easter cake will be really beautiful if it is decorated with different Easter eggs. Some with marzipan, others with almonds. You can easily leave out the eggs and still have an incredibly beautiful Easter cake. Other ideas for decorations could be lemon zest, sorrel, edible flowers or chopped nuts. 

Easter cake with cream cheese and mascarpone cheese cream

What makes the carrot cake so fantastic is the wonderful cheese cream. The cream is made from neutral cream cheese, which is whipped together with mascarpone, a little powdered sugar and lemon. It gives a creamy, airy texture and a sour-sweet taste that really suits the cake. Mascarpone is an Italian cream cheese that is not as sour as cream cheese and has a creamier consistency. It helps give the air its good taste and consistency, and ensures that the cream becomes airy when whipped. Mascarpone can be bought in most larger supermarkets. 

TIP: Also try these healthier Easter eggs with coconut or Easter eggs with prunes

Easy Easter cake recipe

The Easter cake is incredibly easy and relatively quick to make despite its impressive appearance. The layers of the cake are baked as one cake in a springform pan before being divided into two. This way you don't have to work on several pans or bake the layers in several batches. At the same time, the dough for the carrot layer cake can be mixed together in one bowl. First sugar, butter and eggs, before flour and spices are added. Finally, lots of grated carrots are added, and if they are grated in a food processor, it really doesn't take more than a few minutes.

TIP: Also try the recipe for a Easter cake with chocolate and coffee-mascarpone cream

Can the carrot cake be made in advance?

You can easily bake the layer cake bases the day before. You can also bake them well in advance and store them in the freezer for a couple of months. Wait to spread the cream cheese frosting on the cake until the day it is to be served.However, it can easily be decorated with cream and left in the fridge for up to 10 hours before the appearance is damaged. The taste? Yes, it almost only gets better when the cake is allowed to stand. However, wait to decorate with Easter eggs until just before serving, as otherwise they can become soft and lose their crispy shell.