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two layer carob cake with thick carob frosting and beautiful piped stars and swirls

Carob Cake

Melanie
Super yummy carob cake! *This recipe makes 1 layer of 9 x 9 pan. Double recipe to make a two layered cake!!
4.16 from 13 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12 Slices

Ingredients
  

Dry Ingredients

  • ¾ cup sugar 172 grams
  • ½ cup + 6 TB flour 128 grams
  • 3 TB carob powder 24 gram
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Wet Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ cup oil
  • ½ cup HOT water
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

Carob Frosting (light tasting)

  • 1 jar store bought frosting vanilla or cream cheese
  • 2 teaspoons carob powder

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix all dry ingredients together.
    mixing bowl filled with flour, sugar and carob powder
  • Add wet ingredients EXCEPT FOR HOT WATER to the same bowl as the dry ingredients. Mix well.
    Adding oil, milk and eggs to mixing bowl with dry ingredients
  • Then add HOT WATER to the mixing bowl. Mix batter for about 2 minutes.
    adding hot water to carob cake batter
  • Pour cake batter into a greased and lined baking pan. Bake until toothpick comes out clean.
    Approximate times:
    30-35 minutes for when using 1- 9" round pans
    pouring batter into baking pan
  • Let cool completely before frosting :)

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Notes

This recipe makes 1 layer of 9 x 9 pan. Double recipe to make a two-layered cake!
Keyword carob
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