{"id":3039,"date":"2014-02-02T17:55:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T16:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2014-02-02T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T16:55:07","slug":"recipe-carrot-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/recipes\/cakes\/recipe-carrot-cake","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Carrot cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was eagerly waiting for winter<\/strong> just to make a very rich and lusty recipe: the carrot cake<\/strong>! This cake is very popular in the United States<\/strong> and in the UK<\/strong>, where I tasted it and fell in love with it.<\/p>\n

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Little did I know at the time that this is a killer for your shape!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42 This cake is literally a calorie disaster<\/strong>: it contains a lot of vegetable oil<\/em> (which might be healthier than butter, but it’s 100% fat anyway, thus more caloric), walnuts (which contain a high percentage of fats), and last but not least, a huge amount of sugar<\/em> (let’s say it’s “average”, for an American cake).<\/p>\n

Having said so, we all know that if something tastes good, it’s surely bad for you<\/strong>. And, let me tell you, this is the best-tasting cake ever!!! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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It’s got a dense texture<\/strong>, a sweet flavour<\/strong> with a delicate cinnamon<\/strong> after-taste and a delicious, unreasonably<\/del> sweet cream cheese icing.<\/p>\n

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On a technical<\/strong> note, this cake is prepared used the so-called “two-stage” mixing method<\/strong>, since the batter is prepared by adding a big amount of liquid<\/strong> in two stages. Since these cakes contain a high ratio of sugar and liquid to flour, so they are also called “high-ratio cakes<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

This version of the cake is taken from my magic book “On Baking<\/strong>” and it features a classy decoration<\/strong> with white chocolate cutouts and dried carrot crisps<\/strong>. These last two elements, together with the cream cheese icing, are optional, but I strongly suggest you try them out! I’m addicted to dried carrot crisps now! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Carrot cake<\/h2>\n
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