Tuesday, April 22, 2008

TWD: Carrot Cake


Tuesdays with Dorie: Bill's Big Carrot Cake

This week, I killed 2 birds with one stone- blog group (check!), birthday order (check!).  Although I made a few alterations to Dorie's recipe, this cake is amazing.  Now, I missed the taste test, the best part- boo, but the smell and moistness was incredible!  In my version, I ditched the nuts, raisins, and coconut.  However, I added an 8 oz. can of crushed pineapple, mmm delicious.  This cake was incredibly easy to set up and the cream cheese icing adds the perfect touch.


Cinnamon, pineapple, carrot???
yea that's right- delicious!  Well, in the cake at least =)



Crumb-coatin'



On its way to gorgeous =)



Perfection!


Time to decorate... my favorite part.



19 comments:

Robin said...

Wow, this looks delicious and beautiful. Great job!

Marie Rayner said...

Your cake is soooo beautiful!! Well done! I added pineapple to mine as well. It sure was delicious!

Anonymous said...

Cute! I'm sure your customer was very happy with this one–delicious and fortified with spring.

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful cake!

Mari said...

Well done, your cake looks fabulous! I really need to practice my piping skillz!

LyB said...

Pineapple seems to be a popular add-in to carrot cake, but I've never had it that way, I'll have to try it sometime! Your cake looks incredible, such creativity!

CB said...

Absolutely gorgeous cake! Love all the flowers. I am sure your customer loved it! Great job!
Clara @ I♥food4thought

Bumblebutton said...

Gorgeous cake! What a wonderful product for your client! Hope you tasted something...

Jayne said...

What a beautiful cake! I love those flowers. Too bad you didn't get a taste of it!

Annemarie said...

That is a beautiful cake!

Chris said...

What a beautiful presentation! How did you do those flowers?They're fantastic!

Melissa said...

Very cute!

Mary said...

wow, I'm impressed!!your cake is beautiful.....I truly admire anyone with frosting talent!

Anonymous said...

Your cake looks beautiful! I love how you decorated it!

Shari said...

Your cake looks amazing! I love those flowers. Great idea to use pineapple instead.

Jennifer said...

Very pretty!

Gretchen Noelle said...

ADORABLE! I love the flowers on this but I am hesitant about the pineapple. You decorating skills are something of envy!

Sherry Trifle - Lovely Cats said...

This is an exquisite cake. The frosting is perfect (wish I could frost properly, I usually just mess this part up).

Anonymous said...

What a gorgeous cake! Love, love, love the flowers!