Outlaw Carrot Cake with Brown Sugar Butter Cream

INGREDIENTS

Carrots

1 cup

Carrots or carrot baby food, cooked

Eggs, large

1/4 cup

Molasses

3/4 cup

All-purpose flour

1 tsp

Baking powder

1/2 tsp

Baking soda

1 1/8 cups

Brown sugar, packed dark

1 tsp

Cardamom, ground

1 tsp

Cinnamon, ground

1 3/4 cups

Confectioners' sugar

1/2 tsp

Kosher salt

Sea salt, Flaky

2 tsp

Vanilla, pure

Vanilla bean

1 cup

Whole wheat) flour, whole wheat (or white

3/4 cup

Walnuts and/or pecans, toasted and chopped

1/3 cup

Butter

2/3 cup

Butter, unsalted

3 tbsp

Heavy cream