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Carrot Cake....Take One

2/6/2009

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Or maybe I should have called this blog "over confident".  I tend to think I am a pretty good cook.  I think anyone can be a good cook.  I mean all you have to do is read a recipe, follow the directions and "bam" there is your food. For me anytime I do this, things come out just as the recipe described them. 

I have been making this carrot cake for years.  I acquired the recipe from a friend at Ft. Leavenworth, KS, Celia Baxter - I have no idea what ever happened to this sweet woman.  Anyway, I had been looking and looking, and I mean years of looking for that 'perfect' carrot cake recipe.  I went to Celia's house one night for BUNCO, and carrot cake was on the menu for dessert.  My hopes were not high, as most carrot cakes were dry, and not at all what I was looking for.  To my surprise, this carrot cake was PERFECT!  It was like a little dance going on in my mouth, creamy meet moist, and sweet, with a little crunch.  WOO-HOO!! I was hooked. Celia was kind enough to give the recipe to me (after I threatened her dog…  JK!) From that day on every time I make this cake it gets RAVE reviews and almost everyone always asks for the recipe.    Well, today is Hubby's promotion party at our house, so I thought I would make this cake again, take a picture before I put our name on it, so I could share it with you here.   I waited until this morning to make the cake....I guess because I am so (over) confident in my cooking abilities....  For the first time in the history of making this cake, something bad happened, something very bad......

Never fear, I already have another one in the oven, and I still have 7 hours until the party!

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kathie
2/6/2009 07:28:51 pm

Very funny story!!! Did you figure out what happened?

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Staci
2/8/2009 01:02:02 pm

did you figure out WHY??

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Trish
2/8/2009 02:11:46 pm

It just stuck to the pan. The taste was fine, it was just unservable.

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