Canada's Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing
Our most popular recipe ever! This moist carrot cake is welcome at birthdays, weddings, reunions and all special occasions.
Our most popular recipe ever! This moist carrot cake is welcome at birthdays, weddings, reunions and all special occasions.
A dip is a fun way of adding variety to the week of lunches. Pack about 1/2 cup (125 mL) of this dip, wedges of pita bread, carrot and celery sticks or your child's favourite vegetable in separate containers. Add a few rice chips or potato chips and your child will think it's a party.
Nothing beats a classic carrot cake with cream cheese icing. When tracing the parchment paper outline, add an extra 2 inches (5 cm) to the circumference of the slow cooker; this extra buffer will help you lift the cake out of the insert with ease. Cost: $0.70/serving
Pricking the goose skin with a fork helps render the fat, making the skin super crispy. Use a roasting pan that holds the goose snugly and leaves enough space in your oven for a baking sheet.
Most carrot muffins are basically small cakes loaded with oil and sugar. In our version, yogurt boosts the calcium content, while flaxseeds add beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and fibre. Brown butter adds a lovely flavour, but you can skip that first step and use oil instead, if desired.
Adding a little sugar to sliced carrots helps bring out their inherent sweetness. Tossed with almonds and herbs, they are perfect for dressing up simple pan-fried chicken. Serve with a baby spinach salad or steamed green vegetables.
Think of carrots as the canvas on which you can paint a whole spectrum of flavours. Here, it's cumin for a mild Moroccan twist; in the variation, it's ginger and lemon for an East Asian accent. Both are nutritious, all-season, multi-purpose sides that complement poultry, pork, lamb and vegetarian dishes.
Fifteen minutes of hands-on time is all you need to prep this crowd-pleaser. Get the veggies in the oven first, as they take longer to cook than the pork. For even cooking, cut any larger chunks of carrot in half.
Katie Zeitel, a Grade 1 student, works up quite an appetite skipping with her friends at lunchtime. One of her favourite treats is a store-bought chocolate chip muffin. During the past few years, many commercial muffins have become very large in size and are often high in fat. For children, a mini- size is more appropriate. Adding carrots to the batter is another way to eat vegetables that are a rich source of vitamins and minerals. You can sprinkle mini chocolate chips on top before baking.
