’tis the season to eat chocolate falalalalalalalalalalalala’ – never did know how many ‘lala’s there were at the end but hey does it really matter? 😉
Aaaah, Easter… cutesy bunnies, gorgeous hyper-coloured chickens and enough chocolate available to have you so high that you can see that unicorn riding a rainbow… not that I would know what that feels like… of course… 😉
It also means a nice big dose of delicious (yes, I said delicious!) extra holidays! Two more days of chilling, long weekend-ing and of course, eating chocolate (did I forget to mention that before?)
You probably reckon I should be celebrating international woman’s day or something since April is still pretty far but um… read title please? Early Easter on Go Bake Yourself (forever providing you with an excuse to eat more chocolate – my line) because during Easter, I am off examining (jokes, I am being exam-ed!)
So today, being the Easter bunny and all, I give you full permission to splurge on chocolate. Eat a packet of Lindt Chocolate eggs, grab a bunny (chocolate!) by the tail and bite of its ears (sorry for the violent imagery) and go high on an easter egg hunt too… and eat the treasure you find.
And when you get back from said activities, I think it is necessary you eat something healthy ok?
‘But Muuummm… I don’t wanna…’
Oh… really?
ENTER WILD CARROT CAKE
‘Well… I suppose if its good for me I should…’
That’s better. And don’t forget those hot cross buns before sleeping ok?
‘Ok…’
Being all mum-style like a boss 😉
Enjoy your Easter darlings, feed your bunnies extra carrots from me, eat carrot cake yourself and have a brilliant holiday! I have 8 guest posts lined up for you now and your head will be lolling from the deliciousness to come. Let the count down till April 15th begin 😀
Carrot Cake
Source: Adapted from Exclusively Food
Serves: 8 Easter Bunnies
Ingredients:
Cake
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil (or peanut)
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 3/4 cup drained, crushed pineapple
- 1 1/2 cup grated carrots (finely)
- 1 cup pecan nuts (I had to use walnuts too), roughly chopped
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 2/3 cup caster sugar
- 1 1/3 cup plain flour
- 1 tsp allspice
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 180g cream cheese, softened
- 90g butter, softened
- 1 tbs vanilla essence
- 4-5 cups icing mixture/sugar, sifted
Optional:
- Honey roasted nuts to garnish
Method:
- Preheat oven to 160 degrees C
- Grease heavily a 20cm rounded springform tin and line base and sides (base more important) with baking paper
- Stir oil, butter, eggs, sugars, carrot, pineapple, nuts and essence together in a nice big bowl – it will look like one sexy mixture as you can see..
- Sift in flour, spice and baking soda
- Stir until combined (not overly so)
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 40-50 minutes or until top is springy when lightly pushed and a skewer inserted comes out without batter attached
- Cover cake with a clean tea towel and allow to cool in pan to room temperature
- Make Frosting: Beat butter, cream cheese and essence until light and fluffy. In one cup portions, beat in the sugar (stopping at 4 cups to check sweetness and consistency) until desired taste
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Remove from springform tin (including base) and cut in half
- Ice one half of cake then sandwich other half on top
- Ice top and sides of cake and then cover with delicious honey-roasted nuts (lightly chopped) or regular pecan nuts
- Refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight then serve, eat, no more serving, just eat 😀
Notes:
- Make sure if you are making a nice tall cake, that you double the cake recipe and split both cakes between two tins, and on cooling, split each cake in half then layer
- Make double, maybe triple my amount of icing with it (I tripled the original recipe for icing because I wanted some sweet sugary thickness – its Easter baby, indulge!)
Happy Happy Early Easter guys! 😀
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This cake looks so damn tasty !! And what about this sweet Lindt Rabbit that we all have for Easter haha 🙂 I love that your cake looks so incredibly delicious but also quite easy to make so that’s not a soo difficult cake which makes you think “well, I can’t do it !”. Love the food that looks simple but delicious ! The REAL food yeahhhh 🙂
Hope you’ll spend good holidays !!! xx
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This looks so good!
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Wee, chocolate! This is one delicious looking cake, my friend. Yummo!
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That is the most amazing carrot cake I have ever seen!
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Happy Easter!! I love carrot cake and those eggs are too cute! xx
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I love carrot cake! I only made it for the first time last year, but since then it’s become a huge favourite of mine 🙂
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Carrot cake is my favorite!!!! I love it! This looks so sticky and sweet and great! I know you’re juggling exams and school right now, so thanks for the early Easter heads up. Love this!!
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I just love coming here, CCU, and seeing the delightful imagination going on in your mind.. bunnies, eggs, chickens,.. and this beautiful cake! Your joy is contagious! xx
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I see you are in Easter spirit now! Love the glitter craft egg decorations you have on your wallpaper! And this cake just cuts it (pun intended!). I love how fluffy the frosting is! This will surely be a hit with little – as well as big – bunnies!
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What a great looking carrot cake! Hope your studies are going well x
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LOVE carrot cake! And hurry up easter I’m hungry!
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Simply beautiful carrot cake!! Moist and delicious looking!
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YUM! Your carrot cake looks so beautiful and delicious. Yes, I can “see” how moist it is, the proof is “on your hand” and I can’t wait to get some moist carrot cake on mine…and into my tummy too! 😛
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Happy Early Easter to you!
Cake looks brilliant!!
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This looks awesome! I just learned they are making carrot cake M&Ms this year for Easter!
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Hello CCU, You say that serves 8 easter bunnies is that like equivalent to 2 hungry teenager boys… Help me with the math here. How festive and beautiful your site is!!! Loving this moist cake and with the pineapple and carrots I am sure it is grand.
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Thank you my friend and for two teenage boys, 8 bunnies may equal two indeed 😉
Cheers
CCU
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What an exceptionally clever way to make an Easter Cake and a carrot cake. I love this CCU!
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Your shots are making me hungry as usual! Happy Esther, my dear!
I’m back from hotel reviews in Penang, so glad to be home cause it’s super hot there. Pardon me if I’m slow in going thru your posts the next few weeks as I’ll be tied up with my reviews; but I’ll be back to catch up 🙂 Thks for visiting during my absence! xoxo
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Uru..this looks like the moistest, most amazing carrot cake I’ve ever seen! I love how it serves eight ‘Easter Bunnies’ – so cute! I hope you have a wonderful Easter, my friend xo
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Pineapple and carrot cake! Lovely combination. How did you manage to cut across the middle so evenly? I always end up severing my cakes when I try.
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Carrot cake is one of my favourites. Yours would not last long in my house!
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Thx for your permission to have more chocolate ~ Love your carrot cake, too 🙂
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What a gorgeous cake – yopu won me over with the pineapple.
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i haven’t had carrot cake in ages, now i’m DYING for some! this looks gorgeous!!
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I loooove carrot cake and yours looks SO good – yum!
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Oh, beautiful cake! I am in need of a slice. Oh, why are you so faraway?? Nicely done, Uru…
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Great carrot cake Uru!
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I’m always expecting chocolate bakes at your blog… Saw the word CHOCOLATE in your first sentence but surprise to see no chocolate in your cake :p
Very nice carrot cake!
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Haha I know right? But I compensated with all of those gorgeous looking bunnies 😉
Cheers
CCU
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So funny as I was telling my husband last night that I was craving for carrot cake and here you are with this beautiful carrot cake…looks delicious and sure perfect for the little Easter bunnies 🙂
Enjoy your week my dear!
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Easter is not complete without carrot cake! I like how you put the nuts on top of the cake.
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Ok. Now we need to have a bake off. Yours against my grandmother’s recipe. 😉
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carrot cake is a favorite for this gal, and i really appreciate your thick layer of frosting. 🙂
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Carrot cake is my favorite. So delicious and perfect for spring.
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Ooh this looks gorgeous!!I love carrot cake and that frosting with the nuts sounds so so good 🙂
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nice, sticky nutty cake. It is the perfect treat for Easter….thank you for sharing your festivity cake ideas!!
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Your carrot cake looks fantastic! I want to celebrate Easter with you, Uru! 😉 Happy Easter!
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Yay!! I love early Easter!
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i just bookmark this recipes for thos easter,
carrot cake with nuts sounds interesting……..
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Delicious carrot, cake, I too plan to make one.
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Cute pics, lovely idea! Is there anything better at Eastertime than a carrot cake? I don’t think so. Great recipe!
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You are so funny Uru, hahaha!! Happy early Easter!! Love the cake 😀
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I love carrot cakes and for kids in school here in Greece Easter is a two week vacation can you believe it? Great looking carrot cake!
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I will happily celebrate early Easter if this cake is involved! Carrot cake is my favorite after all.
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Love the idea of a ‘wild’ carrot cake. So tasty looking and moreish chunks of that yummy pineapple take it from wow to double wow! Yum 🙂 ps Happy early Easter!
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Yum! What a fantastic looking cake! Ahhh, I’m droooling. Happy early Easter, eat more chocolate? OH go on then… like I neeeed an excuse? Cake looks fab, as always =]
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What a perfect Easter cake! Happy Easter!
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I adore homemade carrot cake, your cake looks so moist and fabulous! I love that you topped the cake with honey roasted nuts, what a fabulous idea:-) Hugs, Terra
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Carrot cake is what I always request on my birthday…and it must have crushed pineapple in it! So you can imagine how much I’m yearning for a slice of yours!!! Fabulous!
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You put me in the Easter mood! Your cake is gorgeous!
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Whoa! Carrot Cake Deluxe! That is the most awesome looking carrot cake I’ve ever seen! I love love love carrot cake and it’s not Easter till I have a slice! 😛
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Choc,
Gorgeously presented. I Love love lo000ve carrot cake! this is probably the prettiest one i’ve ever seen.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I want a BITE)))) Xxxxx
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Happy early easter to you too! wonderful looking cake. love the addition of pineapple and shredded carrot..
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Happy early Easter!! That cake is so beautiful, I love the unusual ingredients. Your back ground is super cute. Love the sparkly eggs!
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Hey carrot cake is awesome any time of the year ! 😉 And did you know Easter is actually at the end of March this year instead of April?!?! So much chocolate coming our way!
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Love your carrot cake Uru! 🙂
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Pineapple? In carrot cake? That sounds awesome!
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This looks so moist and fluffy, my goodness I just want to dive right in!
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I love Easter! Such a fun holiday and its almost here! I’ve never made carrot cake before but I think I will try this.
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Delish! My all time favorite cake.
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Any cake with that level of yummy moistness is a cake I need in my life!
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I LOVE carrot cake & yours looks awesome. Happy Easter to you too.
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I love carrot cake and the use of pineapple is such a good idea!
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I’ll take any excuse to eat more chocolate. This cake looks scrumptious!
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I love carrot cake and it’s been ages since I’ve had some.
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Oh yum, your cake looks divine!
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I’m totally mad for carrot cake! The icing is sublime and its always so moist! Oh and thank you for the permission to eat chocolate 😉
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I eat chocolate all year round, but it’s so nice to have an excuse to buy more. Bring on Easter I say! Your carrot cake looks fab – love the addition of pineapple. It’s like a carrot cake/hummingbird cake hybrid. Yummo.
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Happy Early Easter, my friend!! I Can’t get over how moist and delicious is this cake!!
ps: Suggest using two cake pans to avoid the hassle of slicing. And then, just level the top before icing 🙂
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That carrot cake looks so moist and scrumptious! A winner once again, CCU ! 🙂
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Uru, I’m coming out of my break to wish you well on yours — Happy Early Easter! (And thanks for your wonderful carrot cake creation, mmmm….) I didn’t think your imagery was violent at all — it’s a foregone conclusion: the Easter bunny loses his ears every year, just like Santa loses his head, lol! (Why is that?!) I’m the gentlest person you could hope to meet… unless you have chocolate ears. 🙂
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Haha who needs to be gentle in the face of chocolate 😉
Cheers
CCU
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Great idea with early Easter. I’ll spend mine on a plane, so should do the same thing 🙂
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Go the thick layer cream cheese frosting. I’m with you, you can never have enough!
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I never tried such a nutty carrot cake like yours. Simply irresistible!
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You have no idea how satisfying it is to bite the ears off a choc bunny…oh and that’s a very scrumptious looking cake you’ve made there 🙂 Happy easter!
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That’s a stunning looking carrot cake, Uru. I love how it’s made with oil and has cream cheese frosting and is covered in nuts – my absolute favourite way to enjoy carrot cake xx
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I have never tasted carrot cake. I’m not sure why… I guess the opportunity never presented itself. This looks amazing, though!
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Okay this is gorgeous. I can’t wait for easter.
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this carrot cake looks like a complete winner! 😀
and the addition of pinapple – awesome idea!
happy easter Uru!
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Happy early Easter and what a beautiful cake (my idea of health food) looks so moist and delicious. Looking forward to the delicious guest posts.
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I fully endorse the position that it’s always a good time for chocolate, early Easter or not! This cake looks fabulous – I looooove carrot cake, especially with thick, glorious cream cheese frosting like this. It looks gorgeous with that crust of nuts. Good luck on all your exams, Uru! I know you’re going to pass with flying colours.
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This cake is a perfect dessert for Easter, and the topping looks so good. Good luck on your exams, and Happy Easter to you!
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I haven’t had carrot cake in FAR too long!! This looks gorgeously delicious and I cannot wait for Easter!
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Oh yum! I love carrot cake and this looks fantastic!
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First, I love your background! You are so creative 🙂
Second, the cake! Absolutely brilliant. Your carrot cake looks moist and delicious!!
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Love carrot cakes … like the idea of pineapple. Can live without the icing, but it’s with cream cheese … like that. Maybe I sould give it a go.
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Oh that cake looks so gorgeous Uru!
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What a great sounding cake. I’ve never tried that combination but I am always willing to experiment. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Blessings…Mary
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My sister makes (allegedly) the best carrot cake. I am going to try your version and challenge her for an Easter smackdown! LOL
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I LOVE carrot cake and chocolate so I’m all set to go 🙂
Good lucky with studying and exams, CCU!
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What a lovely, moist carrot cake, Uru. I love your Easter Egg decorations. You’re right … not sure how many “lala’s” there are. LOL You are a funny girl! Have a great week! 🙂
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CCU….you have outdone yourself! That cake looks yummy….save me a piece….I’m on my way over!
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I have the tea waiting for you with it 😉
Cheers
CCU
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I love carrot cake and this looks absolutely delicious!
And,would that be too early, If I say Good luck for your exam?
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This sure is one “wild” carrot cake, Uru. I love everything about it! Carrot Cake is one of my very best favorite harbingers of Spring. I’m not quite sure why considering carrots are plentiful all ear long. It must be the bunny association, lol…
Thank you so much for sharing and Good Luck! I’m sure you’ll do GREAT!
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Fabulous cake and charming new background! Good luck with the exams – though as the above comment say, I, too, bet you are a very good student so luck isn’t really needed.
Looking forward to seeing all the Guest posts including my own. It’s so lovely to have your followers read something of mine!
All the best 🙂
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That is very sweet of you my friend, but there is an insane amount of work to do and I am a little worried…
I am looking forward to publishing your as well!
Cheers
CCU
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Keep smiling CCU and keep up the faith in yourself! You can do it! 🙂
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Oh, I love carrot cake! What a wonderful way to celebrate … early Easter.
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Our oldest daughter loves carrot cake and I make it with the addition of pineapple too. Once, she dressed in orange sweats for Halloween and I made her a green collar to finish the costume. She was suppose to be a pumpkin, but being tall and thin, everyone thought she was a carrot! I told her not to be upset–that was a compliment! XOXO
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Easter has got to be your favorite holiday with all the chocolate everywhere! It looks like you had lots of fun making this delicious cake…
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Since I’ve never formally celebrated, to me, the most important parts of Easter are definitely 1) carrot cake and 2) marshmallows. Toss a couple of mallows into that batter, and I’d say it’s a home run! 😉
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You’re just a bit TOO early for Easter for me, not that the carrot cake isn’t gorgeous. I’m still trying to psych myself up to make some green sugar cookies for St. Patrick’s day and some Irish soda bread and leek soup.
And you’re going to blow us away with guest posts of goodies until Easter too! An embarrassment of riches. 🙂
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Haha I am sorry about that but I wanted to celebrate with you all – Looking forward to your St Paddy Day celebrations!
Cheers
CCU
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Oh my goodness! It looks absolutely delicious!!
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Luscious. That’s the only word for it!
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I love your new background- it’s so sweet and festive!
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Looks delicious! Happy early Easter!
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Haha, this maybe my favorite post ever. Wild carrot cake appears!
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What a pretty carrot cake 🙂 and most appropriate for Easter as I always associate it with bunnies and rabbits hehe ~ I love carrot cake but never thought of adding crushed pineapples it makes it more of a hummingbird cake i think hehe 😉
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Mmmm hummingbird cake… really need to make this soon 😉
Cheers
CCU
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This is one of my favorite cakes to indulge in despite my corn allergy. I can not resist it…I can hear it calling my name.
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Hoppy Easter to you too CCU! And remember, bunnies are real pets; don’t buy one on a whim!
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Haha I promise my friend, I never could though, pets are not popular with the remainder of my family 😉
Cheers
CCU
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That cake looks like I could dive in face first and eat my way out. 🙂 I love carrot and pineapple together in a carrot cake. I really wish you didn’t live half a world a way…I would knock on your door for a slice. Happy early Easter!
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Ain’t chocolate a 4-season treat? The carrot cake looks fabulous!
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Yay for carrot cake! There can never be too many recipes. I´d rather eat this cake than chocolate bunnies, unless they´re very dark chocolate ones, which the usually are not. Have a great week Uru!
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I know the feeling my friend, super dark chocolate bunnies are hard to find!
Cheers
CCU
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Beau-ti-ful! I just can’t get enough of looking at the pictures. It looks too delicious! Loved the idea of carrot cake and Easter, by the way!
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Oh yummmmmmmmmm! i love carrot cake and I’m so glad you’ve given us permission to indulge in extra extra chocolate :). Easter is early this year, at the end of March for us instead of April, so I’d better start peeling those carrots now. I will be eating my chocolate bunny ears and head first as I usually do, so they don’t feel any pain . . . Happy Easter to you!
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Gosh!!! This is sinfully good. I love cakes with carrots and I also notice that pineapples were used, something new which I find it interesting. I probably can bake the cake but the frosting making is heavy for me. Delicious and hugely attractive.
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Since this is a healthy cake full of carrot and pineapple I will have to indulge… that can be my two serves of fruit and veg 😉
…but seriously it looks just gorgeous!!! YUM!
I can’y believe it is Easter already… I am still carrying around a little Christmas pudding belly :0!
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Haha I like the way you think my friend 🙂
Cheers
CCU
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Actually looks amazing! Will definitely be trying this for easter 🙂
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Have a good Easter weekend at the end of the month and good luck for your exams Uru 🙂
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The cake looks incredibly tasty! Happy Easter!!!
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wow! that is beautiful.
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Haha I don’t think carrot cake is actually healthy but god this looks good! Haha, I love how you’re encouraging everyone to eat chocolate- I might just have to 😉 Goodluck for your exams, you’ll do great! And Happy Easter 🙂 See you in April! x
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What a great idea for Easter! Carrot Cake…it’s perfect! Looks so yummy and moist too 🙂
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There’s never enough chocolate. Never. 😉 But when supplies run low, this great looking carrot cake will suffice. Tons of great flavor, and it looks gorgeous. It’ll certainly satisfy me until I get my hands on more chocolate. 😉 Good post. Study hard. And thanks.
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I loooooovee carrot cake so much!
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I turned on my computer and there was this image of such a gorgeous cake, I had to read your post first! 🙂 Easter is coming quickly, so I’m glad for all the reminders, and yes, chocolate is a must! This really is a beautiful carrot cake recipe. I’m so glad to have it. The nut topping is just perfect. Good luck with all of your exams. I have a sense that you are a very good student. You’ll be missed, but you have your priorities straight. Do well! 🙂
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