Kristina Gill: Carrot Cake
One of my favorite cakes is definitely the legendary carrot cake. Usually I love the crumb of cakes but not so much the icing. Carrot cake is one of the few cakes, maybe the only one, that I eat gladly with the icing. The cream cheese is a perfect complement to the cake, without adding too much sweetness. The perfect carrot cake to me has a moist crumb, with the right balance of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice. The addition of raisins and walnuts, sometimes pineapple, is ok but not necessary to make it good. These things do, however, trick people into thinking that carrot cake is “better” for you than other cakes. It’s not! But if it’s so good, who cares?
