Carrot Cake with Maple-Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

• 1 ¼ cups coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons minced peeled ginger
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 10 ounces cream cheese
• 3 cups carrots
• 4 large eggs
• + 8 more ingredients
• • 1 ¼ cups canola oil
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 12 walnut halves
  • ¼ cup pure maple syrup
  • 2 ½ cups powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter two 9-inch-diameter cake pans. Line bottom of pans with waxed paper. Butter and flour paper; tap out excess flour. Whisk flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in medium bowl to blend. Whisk sugar and oil in large bowl until well blended. Whisk in eggs 1 at a time. Ad...

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