Ooooh, so this is my first post on my new recipes blog! How terribly exciting! We'll see how many recipes I actually get on here, but my inaugural recipe is dum - da - da - dum . . . .
You Can Eat It For Breakfast Because It Has Carrots In It
Carrot Cake
(And if you eat the whole cake by yourself, you're getting three servings of vegetables!)
4 eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce - I used the Natural with no sugar added
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract - do yourself a favor and only buy pure vanilla extract...not imitation!
8 oz. can crushed pineapple - drain well & smoosh out all excess water
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots - use the large holes on your grater
1 cup chopped pecans
Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, applesauce, brown sugar, white sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla and pineapple. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 35 to 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack -if desired- and cool completely.
To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Frost the cooled cake.
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My Story: I made this cake for Pop's 2010 birthday. (59! What?!) Momma & Pop currently have their kitchen torn apart, which means no oven, which means no cake. I offered to make the cake - or did she ask? - and Momma suggested Pound Cake or Carrot Cake, Pop's favorites. I decided on the Carrot Cake since it's one of my favorites, too. Duh. It's yummy. Even on day two and three and especially for breakfast. If there's cake in my house, I eat it for breakfast. As a rule. And usually for lunch, too, until the cake is gone. Enjoy!
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My Story: I made this cake for Pop's 2010 birthday. (59! What?!) Momma & Pop currently have their kitchen torn apart, which means no oven, which means no cake. I offered to make the cake - or did she ask? - and Momma suggested Pound Cake or Carrot Cake, Pop's favorites. I decided on the Carrot Cake since it's one of my favorites, too. Duh. It's yummy. Even on day two and three and especially for breakfast. If there's cake in my house, I eat it for breakfast. As a rule. And usually for lunch, too, until the cake is gone. Enjoy!
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Happy Birthday, Papa!
