The origins of Carrot Cake are disputed but it is Carrots have been used in sweet cakes since George Washington crossed the Delaware River, during which time sweeteners were scarce and expensive, while carrots, which contain more sugar than any other vegetable besides the sugar beet, were much easier to come by and were used to make sweet desserts. Difference of opinion makes the world go round. My wife says you mix the dry ingredients then mix them into the wet. All the wet ingredients, such as the eggs and sugar, are mixed together, all the dry ingredients are mixed together, and the wet are then added to the dry and final consistency which is usually denser than a traditional cake and has a coarser crumb.
According to some people carrot cake is a misleading name, they say the cake more closely resembles a quick bread in method of preparation. The cake is popular in loaf, sheet cake and cupcake form, but round layer is probably the most popular. It is often coated with icing or marzipan made to look like carrots. Carrot cake may be eaten plain, but it is commonly either glazed or topped with white icing or cream cheese icing and pecans or walnuts, usually chopped. Lemon pie was my favorite but, when she gave me a slice of her carrot cake I became a cake eater on the spot. When my wife and I first met I was not to much of a cake eater. Carrot Cake like grandmother makes.
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