🥕✨ Easy Carrot Cake Roll with Cream Cheese Frosting
A spiced, soft carrot sponge cake rolled around tangy cream cheese frosting. Don’t worry — it’s easier than it looks!
📋 Ingredients
🔸 For the Carrot Cake:
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp nutmeg (optional)
- ¼ tsp salt
- 3 large eggs
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups finely grated carrots (about 2 medium carrots)
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
🔸 For the Cream Cheese Filling:
- 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
🔸 Other:
- Powdered sugar (for dusting towel & topping)
- Clean kitchen towel
- Parchment paper
🥣 Instructions
1. Prep the Pan and Oven:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Line a 10×15-inch jelly roll pan (or rimmed baking sheet) with parchment paper. Lightly grease it.
- Lay out a clean kitchen towel and dust it generously with powdered sugar (this prevents sticking when rolling the cake).
2. Make the Carrot Cake Batter:
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- In a larger bowl, beat eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until light and frothy (about 2 minutes).
- Mix in the oil and grated carrots.
- Gently fold in the dry ingredients until fully combined.
3. Bake the Cake:
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly.
- Bake for 10–13 minutes, or until the cake springs back when lightly touched in the center.
4. Roll the Cake (While Warm!):
- Immediately invert the hot cake onto the powdered sugar-dusted towel.
- Carefully peel off the parchment paper.
- Starting from the short side, roll the cake and towel together into a log.
- Let it cool completely (about 1 hour).
5. Make the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Beat until creamy and spreadable.
6. Fill and Re-Roll the Cake:
- Carefully unroll the cooled cake.
- Spread the cream cheese frosting evenly over the surface, leaving a small border at the edges.
- Gently re-roll the cake (without the towel) into a log.
- Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour to set.
7. Serve:
- Dust the top with powdered sugar.
- Slice and serve chilled or at room temperature.
