Wednesday, August 22, 2007

carrot cake

I made my 1st carrot cake for Dave's birthday. We shared some left overs with our neighbor which lead to the creation of my 2nd carrot cake - for my neighbor's birthday party. It was much easier the 2nd time around. The thing that made the biggest difference was I was able to do most of it while my little helper was taking a nap.

I love this color. Making carrot cake is probably better for you than making chocolate chip cookies. You snack on carrots instead of chocolate chips and it is a mini workout to grate the carrots by hand.

I used the recipe from "The RED & WHITE" (Better Homes & Garden) but I added some shakes of nutmeg and splashes of vanilla. Yum. If you are lucky enough to have leftovers, I think this can make a most excellent "breakfast cake".

2 comments:

jksfam said...

A girl after my own heart - cake for breakfast! It certainly doesn't show as much on you, though! It definitely looks yummy!

Jessie said...

I'm with you on cake for breakfast!
How is it that you can make carrots and a grater look like art? Ah, Magical Sarah.