Review – Carrot & Apple Cake, Devil of a Cookbook, page 113

[Katiej]

I made this cake to take to afternoon tea with my in-laws today.  Everyone loved it!  

I made a couple of changes to the recipe, leaving out the walnuts (as my OH is allergic) and changing the 2 teaspoons of cinnamon to 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of mixed spice (just a personal preference).

My TMX struggled to mix all the carrot, apple & sultanas into the cake batter.  Even using the spatula and stirring by hand was hard, so I added a glug of milk to the mix to moisten it up a bit.  I had to cook the cake for much longer than the recipe stated, but this might have been due to my changes.  It makes a nice big cake, which was very moist.  The cream cheese frosting is lovely (I used light cream cheese).  

Sorry I forgot to take a photo and I can’t now (as I left the remaining cake at my in-laws)  

[astarra]

Do you think it would work as muffins/cupcakes katiej? 

[trudy]

Thanks for this review KatieJ.  I love carrot cake so will give this a try

[cecilia]

Katiej, I agree with your observations about the Tmx struggling and also with the time it took the cake to cook.

It's a very nice cake, though.  Do try.