Re: Carrot Cake with a Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot cake has to be the ultimate cake.  Reason being, it has vegetables, fat, protein, grain, milk, nuts...need I say more ;-)  Usually there are things that I really enjoy eating, but I haven't even tried to make due to the fact that I just never wanted to mess up.  Being the cook, and one day chef, I know that I have to get over my slight fear of messing up on things I love to eat.  Carrot Cake is one such item.

So it all started with me wanting to bake something.  Even though I've never made one, I searched the web as well as a few of the apps on my phone and decided on this one recipe which came from All Recipes (link is below).  After I found the perfect recipe (great reviews and ingredients located in my cupboard and refrigerator), I got to work.  I shredded the 2-3 cups of carrots, of course, after I peeled them, got all of my other ingredients together and followed the directions.  As simple as it was, I would've likely kept purchasing carrot cakes by the slice, but now that I know a recipe that works...I'm sure I'll begin making miniature cakes, cupcakes, etc.

Here's a few pics that I took of the finished product.

Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake with 1/8 slice cut out.

Carrot Cake Slice (1/8)

You're probably wondering what type of icing/frosting I made.  Well, the truth is, I don't really know.  I didn't use the recipe from All Recipes due to a flub on my part...I didn't have enough confectionery sugar.  Indeed, I'm still shaking my head.  At any rate, as I've been told, a chef needs to be able to adapt to whatever situation.  I adapted and it turns out, that I made a sort of buttercream cheese frosting.  The taste is good.  It has the taste of a buttercream and cream cheese frosting, without too much of either.  It's also extremely soft, and just sweet enough.

I've been enjoying this cake since I made it while making sure to not overindulge, but hey...as long as I work off the extra calories, I should be good :-)  Until next time...keep chewing. 

Although I modified both recipes quite a bit, here are the links to the two recipes (cake and frosting) that I used as a base for my creation:  Carrot Cake III and Buttercream Frosting (American Buttercream)

By the way...if you have any recipes that you think are great, send them to me.  I'll try them out and maybe you'll find it as a post on my blog.