Recipes

Sign up to Receive Special Offers

I just want you to know that I feel this is the greatest list of breakfast food recipes that I have ever come across. Believe me, I surf the web many hours a day and I am lucky to have found this web site. Keep up the good work.

~ Carole

Shop

Cinnamon Mornings and Chocolate Dreams

Whether you're hosting a formal get-together or need a quick brunch idea, this book will spark your imagination and your appetite.

The World's Best Carrot Cake Recipe

Brought to you by 1890 King-Keith House B&B

print recipe

add recipe to album

Ingredients:
Cake:
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 (1-pound) bag carrots, peeled and grated
1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
1 cup flaked coconut
1/2 cup raisins or currants

Cream Cheese Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
1 (16-ounce) package confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 F. Sift together the flours, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and ginger onto a sheet of wax paper. Mix the sugars together in a large bowl. Stir in the buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla. Pour in the flour mixture, carrots, pineapple, nuts, coconut, and rainins or currants, stirring just until well blended.

Grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans. Lline the bottoms with wax paper; greasse and flour the waxed paper. Pour the batter into the cake pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Loosen the cake layers
from the edges of the pans and invert onto wire racks. Peel off the waxed paper and cool completely.

To make the frosting, beat butter and cream cheese together in a large mixing bowl until light. Add confectioners" sugar, orange peel, and vanilla, mixing well.

Recipes Search