.. and the Dreamy Creamy White Chocolate Frosting !

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I don’t eat a lot of cakes and least of all is cakes with vegetables in it. So naturally carrot cakes aren’t high on my list. So, I figured this is the only time you can get me to bake a cake with carrots in them.

And I made Rose’s Refrigerator Banana Cake with the same frosting and it had rave responses so naturally I would not want to miss this.

Marie was right. The hardest thing to do was GRATE the carrots. Gosh! I almost grated my palm off and I had stumps of carrots I was too afraid to grate left behind.

I baked the cakes and wrapped them up in the fridge the night before I was taking them to a family do the next day. I love the deep brown colour the cakes acquired. Looked so moist.

Since my white chocolate is just white chocolate, I thought I’d use a teaspoon of this super nice smelling vanilla bean paste for that speckled and dotted effect on the frosting! Worked like a charm.

I had 6 girls in the house and they all swooned over this design. I for one, thought I needed a new technique. This looked exactly like my Luxury Lemon Layer Cake. I tried the swirls but Ayisha commented that it looked funny. I tried the concentric circles. But my arms aren’t concentric enough and they looked funny. So, spatula markings it was then!

I had the cake as a masterpiece dessert for a big kenduri and it flew off the plate. I had a tiny bit but I didn’t like. the thought of carrots in a cake just put me off. Just like zucchini. Something mentally wrong with me.

But the rest of the clan thought it was a blast. Especially the frosting. Ohhh I have to mention here that I’ve finally figured out the white chocolate. The last time I did it, I microwaved it but it looked hardened. This time around, I stirred and I stirred and even though it was cooled, it was still fluid. Just stir it! It really works!

Anyhow, I also baked anoger German Chocolate Cake with Dark Ganache as a filling and Whipped Peanut Butter Ganache frosting. Another post I guess cos we’re off to watch the Princess and the Frog now. I look forward to a bucketful of popcorn on m lap and a cartoon!