New Carrot Cake for Dizzypink :-)

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Ok, some of you may remember a recipe I put up for Dizzy I think last year with a recipe for Carrot cake. Well, I decided I didn't like that recipe much, great if it was right, but sometimes overmoist and dense.

So, this afternoon I have tweaked and changed and here is my new recipe for what I think is an even better cake.

4 large eggs
300g light brown sugar
260g self raising flour
100g chopped walnuts
340g finely grated carrots
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/2tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla extract
100g crushed pineapple (tinned is fine, just drain it)
250ml vegetable oil (carrot cake really is better using oil than butter or anything else)

Preheat the oven to 180 c

Grease and line two 9 inch cake tins that are at lease 2 inches deep.

Beat the eggs until fluffy, then add and beat in the sugar and vanilla until a smooth creamy consistency. Stir while mixing in the oil until combined, then add all other ingredients and mix gently together until properly combined.

Pour equally into each cake tin and place on centre shelf of oven. Cook for between 30-40 minutes, until just brown on to and a skewer comes out clean.

I cannot tell you how much nicer this cake is than my previous recipe.

I LOVE this. You can omit the walnuts and pineapple if you want or add 100g of another type of nut or raisins.

There's a new blueprint recipe...if you want to try it...knock yourself out...my kitchen currently smells amazing and my belly is very happy

what about the icing?

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Same as last recipe...forgot to add it, will do that later

[timwilky]

Oi Grunty one. I got baking this week. Bearing in mind I is type two and shouldn't be allowed to like me grub any more. i got the craving.

So I did a date and walnut as I found a low GI fruit based sugar substitute in my local asda.

Despite Lynne's doubt. all who have tried it have enjoyed. But it takes a while as you have to let the dates cool before shoving them in the mix.


I will post my mix tomorrow when I get home.

Oh Poo are we going to have a great org bake off?

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Originally Posted by timwilky

Oi Grunty one. I got baking this week. Bearing in mind I is type two and shouldn't be allowed to like me grub any more. i got the craving.

So I did a date and walnut as I found a low GI fruit based sugar substitute in my local asda.

Despite Lynne's doubt. all who have tried it have enjoyed. But it takes a while as you have to let the dates cool before shoving them in the mix.


I will post my mix tomorrow when I get home.

Oh Poo are we going to have a great org bake off?

Sounds fab Tim. I have something here, I think it is called Xylitol that I use if making anything for diabetics...brilliant stuff.

Do share

[timwilky]

I grew up in the 60s with a mother who was a wonderful full time home baker (but terrible cook). She had her flour delivered in sacks. Lets face it lads of my generation wouldn't be seen dead doing cooking.

My twin brother though whilst at catering college said I am doing the Christmas cake this year and what a magnificent specimen. Until we had to use the hammer and chisel to get through the 3 inch thick royal icing/almond paste layer to find the college 6" cake underneath(Not what you need to present for a full family bash). Good job mum had made a strategic reserve back in October treated to a little drinky every couple of weeks to mature.

But I digress.

I do most cooking (self taught) in my household. Lynne being a terrible cook that I will not risk expensive ingredients with. The thing is I enjoy good food, but hate doing the graft. Champagne taste and a shandy budget means a compromise involving me doing the labour. You would think that if I made it. she would clean up. But no. It is my mess.

Anyway too much beer means I digress.

It isn't just how you make something that matters it is how you eat it. We have a family tradition going back 40 years that ice cream deserts are served with a splash of highland park after my dad accidentally spilled his on his pudding and rather enjoyed the result. Or when I visit my aging aunt at Christmas, Her cake is always served with a slice of Wenslydale. Mum living in Lancashire would never be allowed such exuberance.

[_Stretchie_]

It was GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD