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Carrot cake or Passion Cake, is a cake which consists of grated carrot mixed with batter. The carrot softens in the cooking process, and the cake usually has a soft, dense texture. The carrots themselves enhance the flavour, texture and appearance of the cake.

Deceptively named, carrot cake more closely resembles a quick bread in construction (all the wet ingredients, such as the eggs and sugar, are mixed together, all the dry ingredients are mixed together, and the wet is then added to the dry) and final consistency (which is usually denser than a traditional cake and has a coarser crumb).

Many carrot cake recipes include optional ingredients, such as nuts, raisins, pineapple, or coconut.^[1]

Carrot cake may be eaten plain, but it is commonly either glazed or topped with white icing or cream cheese icing and walnuts, often chopped. Often they are decorated with frosting made to look like carrots. They are popular in loaf, sheet cake and cupcake form, and (in the United Kingdom as well as North America) can be found pre-packaged at grocery stores, and fresh at bakeries. Some carrot cakes are even layered.

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1. Just how fair is Fair trade?
October 22, 2009

Just how fair is fair trade? Over the last few years fair trade has grown exponentially. Gone are the days when buying fairly traded products meant going to your local market and buying a banana for €6.00 from a man who smelled like carrot cake and looked like Jesus. No, Fair trade is now well and truly main stream. Today it wouldn't be difficult to buy your entire grocery shop without putting anything un-fair trade into your trolley. Even clothes and children's toys are starting to become more readily available. But as the saying goes "what goes up must go down" and the fair tr... (read more)

Author: jacob Murphy

2. Carrot layer cake anyone?
April 03, 2009

1 package Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe yellow cake mix 4 eggs 1/2 cup Crisco oil or Crisco Puritan canola oil 3 cups grated carrots 1 cup finely chopped nuts 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon Cream cheese frosting: 1 package (8 ounce cream cheese, softened) 1/4 cup of butter or margarine, softened 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 4 cups confectioners’ sugar Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 2 (8 or 9 inch) round baking pans. For cake, combine cake mix, eggs, oil, carrots, nuts and cinnamon in large bowl. Beat at low speed with electric mixer until moistened. Beat at medium speed for ... (read more)

Author: John Pace

3. Delicious Strawberry Cake at Cooking Games
March 26, 2009

When there is an occasion, one of the foods that one should not go without is the cake. Everybody loves cake. However, each of us has his own preference on what cake do we want. Most love chocolate cakes, others prefer fruit cakes like strawberry, and even others chose to be vegetarian like a carrot cake. If you love cakes, you should also want to learn how to bake it. Baking cake can be frightening at the first, however, when you thought about eating your most favorite and learning how to bake it, it can be an exciting and thrilling activity. If you are still afraid yet and want to learn baki... (read more)

Author: Rowenavic Lopez

4. Carrot Cake
December 18, 2008

Carrot Cake by Saleem Shirazi INGREDIENTS (Nutrition) 4 eggs 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil 2 cups white sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 3 cups grated carrots 1 cup chopped pecans 1/2 cup butter, softened 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 4 cups confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup chopped pecans DIRECTIONS: Saleem Shirazi of channel 18 Los Angeles demonstrated: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease... (read more)

Author: jason neff

5. Making Carrot Cake
November 06, 2008

I often see recipes that say “best carrot cake recipe”. I’m not sure there is really a ‘best” recipe, however depending on what you add to the recipe I’ve tasted many variations of carrot cake. Some folks grate the carrots. I do not like carrot pieces in carrot cake and so I run the carrots through the food processor, which leaves me tiny pieces of carrot. You don’t want to puree the carrots, but tiny pieces is what I’ve found offers the best texture when making carrot cake. The amount of carrots you put into a carrot cake will affect both the texture and the taste of the cake. I’ve ... (read more)

Author: Audrey Okaneko

6. Wedding Cake Advice.
July 05, 2008

So the big day is coming and there is a big decision to make, THE CAKE! When it comes to the wedding cake it seems that anything goes. For many weddings the traditional fruit cake that your granny would make is a thing of the past. Now it’s chocolate, carrot, cheesecake or anything you fancy. In days gone by guests would bring a cake as a wedding gift. Thank John Lewis we now make wedding lists. What would we do with 16 wedding cakes! They would be stacked so high you couldn't see your partner to get that kiss you have been longing for all night. Chocolate cake seems to be a popular ... (read more)

Author: Ben Spence

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