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- From: garys@tekcbi.uucp (Gary Scott)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Helen's carrot cake
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- Date: 4 Jul 87 00:02:42 GMT
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- .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
-