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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Carrot Cake 红萝卜蛋糕

这是从电脑档案里挖出来三个月前做的蛋糕,配方来自Nancie McDermott的Southern Cakes。这是参考这本书所做的第三个蛋糕,之前有Chocolate Wet CakeShenandoah Valley Blueberry Cake。书里头还有很多蛋糕我都想尝试做,但要慢慢来,因为有太多to-do list 了。

我很喜欢吃carrot cake,特别是咖啡豆的(虽然我觉得很甜) 但这却是我第一次尝试做,原因无他,就是懒得刨萝卜(多希望有现成的)。

也因为懒和没耐性(我觉得很费时费力),食谱写用六到八条萝卜,我只用了两条。:P (其实我想我可能错了工具,想请问大家是用什么来刨萝卜的?)


这个配方是类似muffin的拌法,除去刨萝卜的时间,其实蛋糕很快就可以完成了。

成品很松软,但没有太大的惊喜(我还要什么惊喜啊?!),就是预料中的味道。如果加上cream cheese frosting会更棒。我省略了cream cheese frosting因为家里没有cream cheese,即使有我也应该不会弄,因为家里就只有我一人喜欢吃cheese。


Ingredients:
(A)
2 cups plain flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
(B)
1 cup sugar (I used ¾ cup)
1 cup light brown sugar (I used ¾ cup)
1 cup vegetable oil
(C)
4 eggs, lightly beaten
(D)
2 cups grated or finely shredded carrots (6 to 8 medium carrots)(I used only 2)
1¼ cups coarsely chopped walnuts or pecan (I replaced with almond and used lesser)
*I also added some raisins which are not in the original recipe.

Method:
1) Preheat oven to 180C, grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pan (use 2 pans is for frosting purpose) (I used muffin cups instead).
2) Combine (A) and stir with a fork to mix well.
3) Combine (B) and stir well with a wooden spoon or beat with a mixer at low speed, to mix them together well. Add (C) in 3 batches, mixing well after each addition.
4) Stir in flour mixture in 2 batches, mixing only until the flour disappears into the batter.
5) Fold in (D) and stir gently just to combine everything.
6) Bake at 180C for 30 - 35 mins until the cakes are golden brown, spring back when touched lightly in the center, and being to pull away from the sides of the pans. (If using muffin cups, fill the cups till about 80% full and bake for about 20 mins.)
7) Cool in the pans on wire racks or on folded kitchen towels for 15 mins, and then turns the cake out onto cake racks or plates to cool completely.

Note:
1) I omitted the cream cheese frosting which is in the original recipe.
2) The cup and teaspoon used here, 1 cup = 240 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml.

(Recipe source: Southern Cakes by Nancie McDermott)

17 comments:

  1. Wow.. your cake is yummy. I must say carrot cake is a great way for kids to eat their vegetable. Great job!

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  2. carrot cake in paper cup, sound handy and look nice.

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  3. 我很久没做红萝卜蛋糕了,我喜欢在蛋糕内加核桃。。呵呵 (我好像很常在蛋糕内加核桃) :P

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  4. Angel, I wanna bake carrot cake too, my husband like it and I have yet to have chance to taste it :P.

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  5. 我喜欢萝卜蛋糕, 我也是用你照片那个来刨的, 但是如果太多萝卜, 就真的很吃力, 不过我相信蛋糕好吃都是值得的。

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  6. Hi Angel,

    Thanks for stating the cup measurement, which I think is quite useful since there are different cup standards. :)

    Look like a healthy cake!!

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  7. Hi Angel,
    Carrot cupcake looks good. I've always like carrot cake (both english & asian style). Yummy. If there are cream cheese, it'll taste even better right? :p

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  8. Zoe,

    Agree with you. I started to offer my son home-made carrot puree when he turned 6 months, By introducing vetagables at early age, I hope he will also like eating vegetables when he grows up.

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  9. 鲸鱼蓝蓝蓝,

    你的comment很像对联哦。哈哈!

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  10. Sonia,

    Sometimes I like to bake in small cup because I want to cut down the baking time, so that I can enjoy the cake earlier. hahaha!

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  11. neyeeloh,

    我也很喜欢加入核桃在蛋糕或饼干(其实我觉得pecan会更好处,但是比较难买到,而且比较鬼)。

    这个蛋糕我用杏仁代替核桃,因为家里的核桃用完了,还是觉得加入核桃好吃些。

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  12. Min,

    我刨了两大条萝卜手就很酸了,如果要跟着食谱刨六到八条,我看要分两天来刨,才不会累坏。

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  13. hanushi,

    You can safely assume that the cup measurement in my blog is all US cup, that is 240ml.

    Usually cup measurement is found in recipe from US source, for UK source normally metric is used.

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  14. Jane,

    I would think that carrot cake is not complete without cream cheese frosting but I do not have the motivation to do the cream cheese frosting because I am the only one in my family like it.

    Ur carrot cake is much much nicer than this.

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  15. Hi Angel,
    You're too humble! I believe yours is as good as everybody's! ;)

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