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I peruse cookbooks and watch hours of culinary shows to glean ideas and basic proportions of ingredients to create personal version of old favorites. I tend to be a pinch-and-a-handful kind of cook who seasons to taste, so I make no guarantees as to the accuracy of the measurements listed in my recipes. If you try any of my recipes, please send me an e-mail to let me know it turned out or if you have any problems or questions.
Below is my featured RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Check back next month for something new and delicious.
I was born in September, so this month I'm featuring:
Birthday Carrot Cake
When my son married the sweetest girl in Texas, I discovered her absolute favorite dessert is carrot cake (which is also one of mine). So for my daughter-in-law’s first birthday after becoming a part of our family, I set out to make her the best carrot cake she’d ever had. I scoured various carrot cake recipes, taking what I liked and discarding what I didn’t. Here’s the result.
CAKE PREHEAT OVEN to 325 degrees.
With a mixer, blend the following wet ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Beat until smooth:
1 C Sugar 1 C Dark Brown Sugar (Packed) 4 Large eggs 1 C Canola or other vegetable oil 2 t Vanilla 1 T Grated orange peel
Mix together in a separate bowl:
2 C Flour 1 t Baking Powder 1 t Baking Soda 1 t Salt 2 t Cinnamon
Slowly combine the dry ingredients into the wet, beat until smooth. Then add: 3 C Finely shredded carrots (Packed) 1 C Chopped walnuts
Grease and flour 9X13 pan. Bake cake in 325 degree oven for 50-60 minutes. When the cake is tone the center should spring back to the touch. Also insert a toothpick into the center. When it comes up dry, remove from the oven and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes before flipping onto a wire rack to finish cooling. Wait until it’s completely cool before frosting. Be sure to refrigerate the cake since it has cream cheese in the icing. I generally prefer cake chilled, anyway.
Cream Cheese Frosting
(This recipe makes quite a bit of frosting, which I need because I usually cut the cake into two layers and put some icing in the middle. If you don't care for a lot of frosting, you can cut this in half and still probably have enough to cover the cake without filling it.)
12 ozs. Cream cheese (room temperature) 1/2 C 1 stick of Butter (room temperature--NOT MARGARINE) 1 t Vanilla 1 lb. Box of confectioners sugar 1-2 t Lemon zest to taste.
Blend the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together with a mixer and gradually add confectioners sugar until it is the consistency and sweetness you prefer. Then add lemon zest to your taste.
Copyright 2008 Laurie Kellogg
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