Simply put, this cake is amazing. It’s Brian and my dad’s favorite, and it’s definitely one of mine too. It takes a while to make just because there is so much stuff in it, but I promise that it will be worth it! And all that stuff makes it easier to rationalize when you are eating it for breakfast for days afterward (this cake is HUGE!)
Yes, Brian frosted his own birthday cake. He is a cake frosting wizard, and he offered so… I took him up on it. Check out his skills!
Cutting the cake is not always the easiest thing in the world, but it still tastes delicious! You can read the full recipe on Susan Branch’s site, and here are my notes below:
- This time I made the cake the day before and then frosted it the next day, which worked well except make sure you flip the cakes out of the pans to cool! I forgot, so my mom Googled it and it said that if you heat them at 250 degrees then they will come out. That mostly worked, but there was still a chunk out of one of them. Also, screw oiling the pan, go for the Baker’s Joy.
- Instead of using a sieve for the pineapple, I did as my mom suggested- squeeze all the juice out of it by hand until it’s almost dry. This might be because we don’t have a sieve, but apparently if you don’t get all the juice out the cake will fall apart on you. It’s a really moist cake.
- A few years ago I made this cake without the carrots. I know. See that giant thing of carrots? It wasn’t in there. And guess what? It was still good. It didn’t seem that weird. This cake is awesome.
- I grated the carrots in my mom’s Kitchen Aid using the grater attachment.
This is our favorite page in the cookbook, as you can probably tell! Check out the recipe on the opposite page.
This looks AMAZING! I am at work now, and craving this baby.
YUM! you know you have good guy when he enjoys frosting a cake. Hope y'all had a great birthday weekend!
That looks so, so delicious! I'm a HUGE fan of carrot cake, so you can bet I'll be making this sometime this week! xo
Carrot cake is my FAVORITE!!
And this one looks especially delicious! :)
Your carrot cake looks beyond amazing. I'm not usually a huge sweets person but man could I go for a huge piece of that cake right about now!
I've never tried to make a carrot cake because it's looked so intimidating, but after seeing how delish this looks I think I'm going to have to try it!
This looks amazing and delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Wow, that looks absolutely delectable, I am so craving Carrot cake about now! I just can't get over your hubby frosting the cake, so cute :)
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What a beautiful cake, Kate! And I'm really intrigued by the cookbook itself. I'll have to go check out her site.
This looks so delicious! As much as I love carrot cake I have never tried to make it myself. I think this post may have changed that!
This looks amazing! Great job :)
That cake looks amazing! I'm going to be brave and attempt to make it. Wish me luck
Oh my gosh, that cake looks so delicious! I might have to make one this weekend. (Peter will love you forever for this post!)
uh muh goddd that looks so amazing! Carrot cake is my favorite. I'm going to have to bookmark this. Thanks for sharing your delicious creation Kate!! :)
That looks so pretty! And it sounds delicious as well. I love carrot cake!
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This looks AMAZING! Save me a piece please :)
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Oh yum! My parents love carrot cake, I think I'll surprise them with some this weekend!
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This looks awesome. I love your cake stand!
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Carrot cake is my favorite!! This looks so good!!
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YUM that looks delicious! Must try!
So, my mouth just filled entirely up with saliva. haha. I love me some carrot cake. When you really sit down and think about it, it has the most random ingredients – carrot in a cake? pineapple? – but it's soooo good. Your hubby clearly has excellent taste to pick it for his birthday cake. ;)