Ingredients
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1 3/4 cups
all-purpose
flour
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1 1/2 tsp
baking powder
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1/2 tsp
baking soda
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1 1/2 tsp
cinnamon
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3/4 tsp
ground
ginger
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1/4 tsp
allspice
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1/4 tsp
salt
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2
eggs
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2/3 cup
canola
oil
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1/2 cup
buttermilk
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1/2 cup
granulated
sugar
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1/4 cup
packed dark
brown sugar
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2 tsp
vanilla
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2 cups
grated
carrots
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2 tbsp
pepitas
Cream Cheese Icing
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1/4 cup
softened
cream cheese
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1 cup
icing sugar
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1/4 tsp
vanilla
-
pepitas
Instructions
- PREHEAT oven to 350F and spray a 9 × 5-in. loaf pan with oil.
- WHISK flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and salt in a large bowl. Beat eggs, oil, buttermilk, both sugars and vanilla in a medium bowl, then stir into flour mixture until just combined. Stir in carrots.
- SCRAPE batter into prepared pan and bake until a tester inserted into centre of loaf comes out clean, 50 to 60 min. Cool in pan for 10 min. Remove from pan and cool completely.
- CREAM CHEESE ICING: Beat cream cheese with icing sugar (add ½ cup at a time) in a bowl until fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Spread over cooled loaf and sprinkle with pepitas.
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