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Have you heard? Carrot cake is all the rage when serving dessert at a dinner party.

Aunt Murrielle’s classic carrot cake is everyone’s favorite. My aunt loves to cook anything using vegetables as her main ingredients. Whenever we have a reunion and she is the one assigned to make something, we always expect her to make a cake such as a cucumber cake or even bean sprout cookies. The good thing about it is that you will not really mind that they are vegetables because they taste so good! All of my nieces and nephews, including my two kids, actually love all of her desserts. I have a lot of nephews who throw tantrums whenever they have to eat vegetables, but Aunt Murrielle’s desserts are always the exception. I even see a couple of my cousins begging her for her recipes, but she wouldn’t give them.

Aunt Murielle’s classic carrot cake is something that everyone requests even if it’s just for an afternoon tea. She makes the softest and the moistest carrot cake that everyone just couldn’t resist. Her classic carrot cake is already an institution in our reunions.

You are pretty sure that the serving platter will be empty by the end of a meal because everyone would really want a slice. I am not sure what is Aunt Murrielle’s secret, but everyone truly cannot say no to a slice of her wonderful carrot cake recipe!

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Quick Tip: If you like extreme sweet icing, then go ahead and add more sugar.

My sister and I set out to make our grannie’s famous layered carrot cake and what we came up with was something that she’d truly be proud of.

This classic carrot cake never runs out of style! What I mean is, even if there are a lot of new variations of cake recipes nowadays (I lost count of how many I have tasted just last year), this is still one of those cakes that you will love to come home to at the end of the day. Chocolate cakes, butter cakes, vanilla cakes, chiffon cakes, cinnamon cakes, and carrot cakes; these are some of the classic cakes that will always be there on top of the cake hierarchy list. In my family, the favorite classic cake is this good old carrot cake simply because of its simple taste made yummier by the cream cheese frosting.

My grandmother used to make the best carrot cakes. She used buttercream though instead of cream cheese frosting. Grandmother said that during her youth, cream cheese was rare, so butter was the closest thing to cream frosting she could ever make, so that’s what she always made. It was delicious, and the cake itself was moist and not oily.

But I still preferred my mother’s version because she made it with cream cheese frosting. Cream cheese frosting is truly the best frosting for carrot cakes or even carrot cupcakes. In my family, it’s always the cream cheese frosting. And believe me, whenever carrot cake is served in front of my family, their slices will be gone in minutes!

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Quick Tip: Decorate the top with green and orange Wilton’s candy melts if you like.

There’s Nothing Like Homemade Cake – And We’ve Got 6 Of Them

When it comes to dessert, I’ll take a big slice of cake over ice cream or ambrosia salad, anytime! Nothing wrong with creamy desserts; I just happen to think a delicious cake is a wonderful way to end a meal. I am a big fan of vintage recipes, so I decided to ask my mother for her favorite old-fashioned cakes. She has a collection of so many great recipes, that even a so-so baker like me will learn how to make cake for any occasion!

Originally she brought me 20 cake recipes (yes, twenty!) but I thought I’d start with a little less than that… I mean, making 20 delicious cakes in a row would mean I would have to buy a pair of new jeans, haha! But I truly think these awesome cakes are worth a few extra calories.

Mom said she had found some of these in grandma’s handwritten cookbook, and I do remember how she always served different kinds of delicious cakes when I visited her as a little girl. I hope some day my future grandchildren will think of me when they enjoy these cakes!

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When my mother was coming for a visit from her new home in Arizona, I was over the moon excited to see her.

I remember the day that she moved like it was yesterday. She wanted to retire someplace where it was warm, and she already had friends that had headed out that way. Anyways, as I watched her drive away with that trailer full of her belongings, I was devastated. She had lived so close all my life, I wasn’t sure what I was going to do without her.

In order to take up some of my spare time, I decided that I would start baking. She was always an amazing baker, so I figured it was in my blood. I had come up with a lot of great cakes, pies, and cookies, but my favorite was a carrot cheesecake that I had seen on Facebook. It was three layers of heaven that were almost too good to make for no reason at all.

Now that Mom was on her way, I had a reason to put it together. When she showed up and saw it, she couldn’t wait to get her hands on it. Between her the kids, and my husband, I was lucky to even get a piece of it. I love making people happy with food, and this is a surefire way to do it.

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Quick Tip: Try with pineapple or additional carrots if you want to leave out the apples.

So, the other day I was thumbing through an old magazine at the doctor’s office.

You know, those old mags that they have sitting in the waiting room that has probably been there since 1987? Anyway, I came across a recipe for carrot cake pumpkin pie. I was half expecting to see some cake creation sitting in the middle of a pie crust, but nope. What I saw was far more lovely and edible!

I didn’t have time to grab the recipe out of the magazine because the nurse called my name just as I was beginning to read the deets. So, I made a mental note of the nature of the dessert and set out on a massive Google search when I got home. I found the recipe and I am so excited to share this creamy, moist, amazing pie/cake with you all today!

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Quick Tip: Make sure to liberally coat your baking dish with Pam cooking spray to avoid sticking.

Carrot cake has always been one of my favorite desserts.

Truthfully, I’ve only ever made a classic carrot cake that is one tier and topped with cream cheese frosting. Those types of cakes are easy to make and certainly not a daunting task by any means. But you know what? In life, we need to face some challenges. I came across this three tier carrot cake and thought to myself that it certainly looked like a challenge and I was up for it! Now, don’t get me wrong, this cake isn’t insanely hard to make but it is harder than a regular, run-of-the-mill cake.

What I learned when making this decadent confection is that planning is necessary. This isn’t the type of recipe that you can just jump into on a Tuesday afternoon. You definitely want to block some time off during your day to get this sweetheart of a dessert completed.

When I made this cake it definitely didn’t look like it came out of a bakery, but you know what? who cares. it tasted wonderful! I can work on the presentation the next time I make it. So, don’t get discouraged, try your best, and enjoy this skyscraper carrot cake 🙂

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Quick Tip: Feel free to shred your own carrots or use the pre-shredded bagged variety.

I love carrot cake. From it’s moist middle to the tiny bits of carrots that are in the mix. Yum!

Most of the carrot cakes that I’ve had are covered in cream cheese frosting and there ain’t nothin’ wrong with that! However, the following recipe calls for a carrot cake that is frosting-less. can you believe such a thing? I know, at first, when I heard of this recipe I thought some lady in some kitchen somewhere had gone bonkers. I mean, how on earth does one serve carrot cake without frosting? Isn’t that unheard of? Nope. Just wait until you try this recipe and you’ll see why frosting is overrated unnecessary.

Talk about a sweet treat! The cake is so moist and sweet you won’t even remember frostings name. All you’ll be focused on is gobbling up this delicious dessert.

If you’d like to learn more about this recipe and make it for yourself, please flip on over to the next page for the details. Enjoy!

Recipe and photo courtesy of Get Me Cooking.

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Quick Tip: I like to serve this cake with vanilla ice cream.