Baking Husbands

Step 2: realize you’re gay

Carrot Cake Balls

Yields 2 dozen

The things you’ll need

Ingredients

¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 cup dark brown sugar

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Pinch ground nutmeg

¾ teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

1 large egg

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups shredded carrots

2 tablespoons buttercream

White chocolate coating

Biscoff cookie crumbs for decoration

Equipment

Large mixing bowl

Medium mixing bowl

Whisk

Rubber spatula

8-inch cake pan lined and sprayed

Cake tester

Stand mixer with paddle

Ice cream scoop

Baking sheet lined with parchment paper

Small white cutting board

Wax paper

Tape

Orange royal icing in a decorating bag fitted with #4 tip

Green royal icing in a decorating bag fitted with #16 small star tip

Small offset spatula

Let’s get started!

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In a large bowl mix flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking salt and salt.

In a medium bowl, mix together butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.

Mix shredded carrots and wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Pour batter into a sprayed and lined cake pan and bake for 35 minutes.

Time to decorate!

Using orange and green royal icing, pipe carrots onto wax paper. Allow to dry for 1 hour.

Cool cake completely and cut into chunks. Place cake into bowl of stand mixer and paddle until crumbly.

Add buttercream and paddle until smooth cake forms.

Portion and roll into balls. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Roll balls in melted white coating chocolate and place on wax paper, then top with hardened carrot and cookie crumbs.

IG: ideas.212