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Offline BEG

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Carrot Cake....
« on: June 16, 2009, 01:23:52 PM »
is delicious.

That is all

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2009, 01:29:06 PM »

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2009, 01:46:14 PM »
Mmmmmmmmmmmm....with cream cheese icing!!!
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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2009, 02:18:38 PM »
Mmmmmmmmmmmm....with cream cheese icing!!!





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Plus it's gotta be somewhat gooey................. :drool:
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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2009, 04:01:40 PM »
I like carrot cake, but right now I'd kill for a piece of chocolate cake.  Not allowed to have any til after my test tomorrow though.  My head feels like's it's going to explode!

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2009, 04:11:36 PM »
Yes, yes it is

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2009, 04:35:04 PM »
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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2009, 08:12:44 PM »
Is it a bad thing if I like frosting thicker than the actual cake?

Oh, and Nemo's Carrot Cakes have been a staple of mine since I was but a young "nub" back in Hawaii...you will learn to love these, BEG.

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2009, 10:15:49 PM »
Is it a bad thing if I like frosting thicker than the actual cake?

Oh, and Nemo's Carrot Cakes have been a staple of mine since I was but a young "nub" back in Hawaii...you will learn to love these, BEG.



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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2009, 10:18:44 PM »
I like pie.
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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2009, 08:16:22 AM »
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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2009, 08:17:29 AM »
I think I need to take you with me.

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2009, 08:57:44 AM »
There once was a carrot cake with a crushed pineapple/carrot/pecan glazed topping.  It was the best I'd ever had.  I ordered it at a cafe brunch sitting a few years ago.  I don't remember the name of the place.  It was in or near Athens.

Carrot cake has always been my first choice in cakes. 

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2009, 10:38:24 AM »
There once was a carrot cake with a crushed pineapple/carrot/pecan glazed topping.  It was the best I'd ever had.  I ordered it at a cafe brunch sitting a few years ago.  I don't remember the name of the place.  It was in or near Athens.

Carrot cake has always been my first choice in cakes. 

I make a mean pineapple carrot cake (with pecans).  If you want the recipe I'll post it for you (I have posted it before).  It is three layer, you HAVE to do the three layers or else you are cheating. 

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2009, 10:41:28 AM »
I make a mean pineapple carrot cake (with pecans).  If you want the recipe I'll post it for you (I have posted it before).  It is three layer, you HAVE to do the three layers or else you are cheating. 

I would really enjoy it.  Thanks.  :p

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2009, 03:47:36 PM »
I make a mean pineapple carrot cake (with pecans).  If you want the recipe I'll post it for you (I have posted it before).  It is three layer, you HAVE to do the three layers or else you are cheating. 

I make a great one too, no pineapple and toasted walnuts instead of pecans.
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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2009, 03:57:52 PM »
I make a great one too, no pineapple and toasted walnuts instead of pecans.

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #17 on: June 17, 2009, 05:11:37 PM »
I would really enjoy it.  Thanks.  :p

Pineapple Carrot

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs, Unbeaten
3 cups raw carrots (I use the food processor to chop it really fine)
1/2 cup chopped nuts, (I use pecans)
1 large can crushed pineapple, drained (reserve some of the juice)


FROSTING:

2 teaspoon vanilla extract (use real, not imitation...you can tell)
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup butter or margarine (I use Imperial brand margarine...don't use SPREAD), softened
1 Box powdered sugar
*optional chopped nuts (pecans) for decoration
**I double the frosting recipe

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour THREE 9" layer cake pans. I trace the bottom of the cake pans on a piece of wax/baking paper and cut out the circle then put it in the bottom of the cake pans AFTER it has been greased and floured. It helps the cake come out better.

Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a separate bowl. Cream sugar and oil. Add eggs, one at a time. Add flour mixture slowly.

Pour equally into the tree cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Let cool completely.

To make the frosting: Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the powdered sugar. Add just enough pineapple juice to make the frosting spreadable. Don't use too much liquid or you will screw up the frosting. Add it by the 1/2 teaspoon. I usually DOUBLE the recipe for the frosting, I end up with a lot left over but I found that just using the amount the recipe called for wasn't enough.

When I get ready to frost the cake I first put down three pieces of the wax paper (kind of making a triangle) before I sit the first layer on the cake plate. That way when I'm finished frosting the cake I can just pull the pieces of wax paper out from under the first layer and it looks all clean and professional. Frost the top of the first layer. I also put some of the frosting in a zip lock bag and cut the end off. I then pipe some frosting around the top edge of the first layer, it makes frosting the whole cake after you are done building the layers much easier.

Then you add 1/2 the can of the drained pineapple (inside of the piped frosting circle). I usually put the pineapple in a strainer when I start making the cake (over a bowl so I reserve the liquid) so as much of the juice is out of the pineapple as possible. Add the next layer and repeat. Put the last layer on top then frost as usual. I usually use the rest of the left over nuts and put them on the sides of the cake (it's a little tricky) and then a small boarder of them on the outside top. It looks really fancy. :p

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2009, 05:15:32 PM »
Love carrot cake!!

I make mine with no pineapple, 3 jars of "junior" baby food carrots, and pecans in the cake and frosting. :-)
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2009, 02:23:43 AM »
Pineapple Carrot

INGREDIENTS:

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Wow, sounds great.

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2009, 02:24:36 AM »
Love carrot cake!!

I make mine with no pineapple, 3 jars of "junior" baby food carrots, and pecans in the cake and frosting. :-)

Baby food in cake? Sounds interesting & gross at the same time.  :-)

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Re: Carrot Cake....
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2009, 09:25:08 AM »
Baby food in cake? Sounds interesting & gross at the same time.  :-)

"Junior" carrots, are finely shredded, and there's a bit of carrot juice too, in the jar. I like it cause it's easier and quicker to dump a jar rather than shred carrots, I can just keep the jars in the pantry, and the cake is a bit more moist than using fresh carrots. Because it's baby food, there isn't any salt or sugar added to the carrots either.
Just hand over the chocolate...back away slowly...far away....and you won't get hurt....

Save the Earth... it's the only planet with chocolate.

"My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I've finished two bags of M&M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already." – Dave Barry

A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands.