.ig Path: decwrl!recipes From: garys@tekcbi.uucp (Gary Scott) Newsgroups: alt.gourmand Subject: RECIPE: Helen's carrot cake Message-ID: <10715@decwrl.DEC.COM> Date: 4 Jul 87 00:02:42 GMT Sender: recipes@decwrl.DEC.COM Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton, Oregon, USA Lines: 79 Approved: reid@decwrl.UUCP Copyright (C) 1987 USENET Community Trust Permission to copy without fee all or part of this material is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for direct commercial advantage, the USENET copyright notice and the title of the newsgroup and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the USENET Community Trust or the original contributor. .. .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE CARROTCAKE-1 D "4 Feb 86" 1987 .RZ "HELEN'S CARROT CAKE" "Carrot cake with cream cheese filling" I got this recipe originally from \fIThe Oregonian\fR in Portland, Oregon. .IH "Serves 12" .IG "4" "eggs," separated .IG "1\(12 cup" "sugar" "300 g" .IG "1 cup" "carrots," 225 g" grated .IG "1 cup" "walnuts," "100 g" finely grated .IG "1\(12 cup" "flour" "150 g" .IG "1 tsp" "baking powder" "5 ml" .IG "\(14 tsp" "nutmeg" "1 ml" .IG "\(12 tsp" "cinnamon" "2.5 ml" .IG "1 tsp" "vanilla" "5 ml" .IG "pinch" "salt" " .IG "1 cup" "oil" "25 cl" .IG "2\(12 Tbsp" "hot water" "40 ml" .IG "\(12 tsp" "baking soda" "2.5 ml" .SH FILLING .IG "8 oz" "cream cheese" "250 g" .IG "\(12 cup" "sugar" "100 g" .IG "\(12 cup" "strawberry, apricot or raspberry jam" "12 cl" .SH FROSTING .IG "1 cup" "whipping cream" "25 cl" .IG "2 Tbsp" "sugar" "30 ml" .PH .SK 1 Preheat oven to .TE 350 175 . Cream together egg yolks and .AB "1 cup" "200 g" of the sugar until the yolk color lightens. Stir in carrots, nuts, flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and oil. .SK 2 Mix together hot water and soda and stir into flour mixture. .SK 3 Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add remaining sugar. Beat until stiff and glossy. .SK 4 Fold egg white mixture into flour mixture. .SK 5 Turn mixture into a greased .AB "13\(mu9-inch" "33\(mu22-cm" pan lined with greased wax paper and bake for 45 minutes or until done. Cool. .SK 6 Slice in half horizontally, to form two layers. .SK 7 Make the cream cheese filling: soften the cream cheese and beat in the sugar, mixing gradually, until the filling is smooth and fluffy. A food processor works well for this. .SK 8 Cover bottom layer with cream cheese filling, then cover cream cheese layer with jam. Place the top layer of the cake carefully on top of the jam. .SK 9 Make the frosting: beat the whipping cream until slightly stiff, then add the sugar and beat the mixture to stiff peaks. Frost the entire cake with whipped cream. .SH RATING .I Difficulty: easy to moderate. .I Time: 30 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking and cooling, 10 minutes frosting. .I Precision: measure the ingredients. .WR Gary L. Scott Tektronix, Inc, Beaverton Oregon, USA garys@tekcbi.UUCP