feeling a bit rowdy this happy hour. Just received my LOST pint glasses, each with a different dharma logo on them...perhaps i shall drink a different beverage in each, to break them in. let's see - wine, milk, seltzer, bloody mary mix, salad dressing....
I best wait for the proper occasion.
moving on! Hung up a painting of migrating birds on my bare wall, this too makes me smile. planning trips to visit friends and see shows, weekend anticipation, and pleasant weather. all make a sunny robot a bit sunnier.
and so we find ourselves, onto part two of the great cake parade. we last left off consuming a light Zac Efron coconut cake. (i'll stop soon, i swear) today, we delve deeper into easter,with all things rabbit....Carrot Cake!
The plan had been Red Velvet, but isn't that always the plan. and plans are boring, and comfy...shmoops said to think outside the box. i panicked. we decided on carrot cake when we were in the frozen food section picking out dessert. (it was our night off! back off! we got turnovers, can you think of a better idea?) we happened upon a box of Sarah Lee(maybe?) carrot cake, when shmoops told me how much dan enjoys a good carrot cake. or a bad carrot cake, either way.
i don't have a recipe for carrot cake! panic! drama! this is where my odd inability to think "outside the box" comes into play...shmoops, always the cool calm and collected when i am not (and vice versa) suggests we look on the back of the sarah lee(?) box. the back read as such "sugar, sugar, sugar gum, corn syrup...chemicals, etc etc.**" but! if you squint real hard you can see the following, in some form: carrots, basic things every cake requires, pineapple, you have this all in your pantry.
so! we picked up some pineapple, we already had 50 lbs of carrots, and made our merry way home.
I quickly found this recipe, and it was a go. Upon reading the comments and review section of the recipe (a feature i strongly suggest taking advantage of) i saw that most comments mentioned that a) this recipe was fabulous, and b)it made a very small cake.
So i doubled the recipe, another thing i find highly stressful, but this worked perfectly, with no conversions necessary. a straightforward doubling of all ingredients.
This is what my Easter morning looked like: grating carrots, listening to my favorite baking album (Metric, Live It Out) and snacking on goodies the bunny left me.
Me still not believing carrot cake has pineapple in it...who knew?
getting ready to go in:
mmmm,the frosting. what's better than carrot cake? the cream cheese frosting that goes on a carrot cake...
chillin in the microwave til the time is right...
up close and personal:
I thought it was a success and i hope everyone who consumed it can agree.
it's been a pleasure, and now i bid you, adieu.
** i really really love entenmanns, lays potato chips, and all things processed so i'm not gonna knock chemicals...just trying to make a point.
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