Recipe Therapy

...because life is crazy, and food is good.
Sun Nov 16
I love carrot cake. It is one of my favorite desserts. My mom makes probably the best carrot cake in the whole entire world. (No lie.) Anyway, Chandler and I were sitting around one day and decided that we needed a carrot cake fix. So yesterday we finally made it. And it was DELICIOUS. Mom’s Carrot Cake! Ingredients: Pinch of nutmeg ½ tsp. salt 2 cups flour 2 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. cinnamon 2 cups sugar 1 ½ cups cooking oil 4 eggs 3 cups grated carrots ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional) 1 tsp. vanilla Mix the dry ingredients together, then add the oil, eggs, carrots, nuts and vanilla. Bake in 3 9-inch cake pans (greased). Bake at 325 degrees until done (25 minutes or so). I added about a half cup of raisins… Chandler commented, “the raisins are a nice touch!” Frost with cream cheese frosting. Frosting: 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened Powdered sugar (3? cups – to desired consistency) ¼ cup butter, softened 1 tsp. vanilla Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Frost the cake, and top with chopped walnuts if you want.

I love carrot cake. It is one of my favorite desserts. My mom makes probably the best carrot cake in the whole entire world. (No lie.) Anyway, Chandler and I were sitting around one day and decided that we needed a carrot cake fix. So yesterday we finally made it. And it was DELICIOUS.

Mom’s Carrot Cake!

Ingredients:

  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 ½ cups cooking oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups grated carrots
  • ½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Mix the dry ingredients together, then add the oil, eggs, carrots, nuts and vanilla. Bake in 3 9-inch cake pans (greased). Bake at 325 degrees until done (25 minutes or so). I added about a half cup of raisins… Chandler commented, “the raisins are a nice touch!”

Frost with cream cheese frosting.

Frosting:

  • 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
  • Powdered sugar (3? cups – to desired consistency)
  • ¼ cup butter, softened
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Frost the cake, and top with chopped walnuts if you want.