National Carrot Cake Day: Saturday 3rd February

I personally believe carrot cake must be the healthiest type of cake to eat - it does contain vegetables after all!

Today we celebrate this delicious treat and l personally have eaten different versions of the recipe for carrot cake over my life time, with sultanas and without and the same for including dates or not.

What is your personal preference? Mine is lashings of cream cheese toppings and crushed walnuts.

To celebrate carrot cake day we have baked our carrot cake and we are going to settle this afternoon with a slice with a nice cup of tea (the boys will no doubt have a glass of milk) to enjoy.

Did you know ….. that during the war carrots were encouraged to be used as a sugar replacement to add the sweetness to the cake?

Enjoy!

Carrot Cake