Carrots With a Twist #CoolWhipFrosting

We LOVE Carrot Cake!  #CoolWhipFrosting

Alison:  If you've visited our blog before, you know that we never need a reason to have a special treat.  We pretty much have them all the time.  We're probably having more treats than you think because we don't share all of them here.

Susie: I know not of which you speak.  Shhhhhhh.  They are listening...

Alison:  Oh geez, what is wrong with you?

Susie: There's still cake left...shhh.  They might come find us and our cake.  Have you no love of cake?  Protect the cake!

Alison:  Back to what I was saying, I had to go to Walmart without you to look for #CoolWhipFrosting.  Due to the fact that you were sleeping, again.

Vanilla #CoolWhipFrosting

Susie: Shopping is detestable. Besides you take for-ever when you go to the store.

Alison:  Well someone has to buy things like groceries and clothes.  We're getting off topic again.  Did you even know Cool Whip made frosting?  Apparently its a new product.  I had to call several stores before I found one in the area that carried it.  The Walmart I went to didn't even carry all three flavors.  They had chocolate and vanilla but no cream cheese.  Which kinda sucked cause I was hoping to put cream cheese frosting on my carrot cake.  But we went with vanilla instead.

Susie:  You should have gotten chocolate.  There was no choice.  Only chocolate.  You fail.

Alison:  Chocolate frosting on carrot cake?  I'm not too sure about that.

Susie:   Madness.  Chocolate + Anything = Yummy

Alison: Sounds a little too strange for me.  Besides chocolate with carrots, raisins, walnuts and orange?  That sounds icky.  I'll make something chocolate the next time I make a treat.  Besides everyone loves this carrot cake.

Carrot Cake Ingredients #CoolWhipFrosting

Look at all the yummy things that go in the carrot cake.  I know vanilla isn't your favorite, but you love carrots, walnuts and raisins.  The batter is so thick.

Carrot Cake Batter ready for the oven.  #CoolWhipFrosting

Susie:  Hmmm, you may continue.  But I expect chocolate in my future.

Alison:  Uh-huh, ignoring that; this cake always turns out perfectly.  I never need to flatten out the layers before I frost it.  Talking about frosting, its a good thing I bought two Cool Whip frostings.  Even though the package said it was enough to frost a two layer nine inch cake, one container only frosted the bottom layer and most of the sides.  It took almost another half of a container to completely frost the cake.

Full Frosted Carrot Cake #CoolWhipFrosting

Susie:  It did take a lot of frosting to fully frost the cake.  Those walnuts do make it look more appealing.  So when are you going to cut it?

Alison:  You'll have to have yours later.  You'll be sleeping by the time we cut it.  Mom will probably get to have a piece before you.

Great afternoon for a special treat with #CoolWhipFrosting!

Susie:  Figures.  I even helped frost it.  I put the walnuts on top too.  Seven and I will have a big piece when I get up.  Carrot cake is breakfast food.  Healthy and all.

Alison:  See you'll get to have it for breakfast.  That's even better than right before bed.  A better way to start the day!

Susie:  You're just saying that cause I can't have any right now.

Alison:  That's not true.  You know cake for breakfast is better than anything else you could have.

Susie:  I guess so, but I still feel like you're tricking me.

Alison: *sigh*  I'm not tricking you.  It just isn't ready right now.  You can also find recipe ideas at Kraft Recipes.  There is also going to be a #CoolWhipFrosting twitter party on Wednesday October 24th at 1 pm EST.

Slice of Carrot Cake #CoolWhipFrosting

I quite like this frosting.  The taste is a mix of Cool Whip and butter cream frosting.  It's light and fluffy but has a very rich taste.  A definite change from any frosting out there on the market.

There is a whole photo album of our shopping trip here on Google+.

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Wholesome Wednesday: Rich Yellow Cake

This is the first recipe in our new Wholesome Wednesday series.  We’re going to be bringing you some old recipes from the turn of the century through the 1940’s.  Modernizing the recipes as needed.  This recipe for Rich Yellow cake didn’t need any changing at all.  It’s a delightfully rich and flavorful yellow cake.  We made some cupcakes with it.  And I can guarantee it didn’t take much longer to throw together than it would to use a cake mix.  But the flavor and texture are so much better. 

Rich Yellow Cake

1/3 cup shortening

1/3 cup unsalted butter, softened at room temperature

1 ½ cup sugar

3 eggs

2 ¼ cup flour

2 ½ teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

1 ½ teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream together shortening, softened butter and sugar till fluffy.  Add eggs.  Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl.  Add alternately with milk and vanilla.  Mix till just incorporated. 

Recipe makes:

(2) 9-inch round cake pans, grease well bake @ 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

24 cupcakes, line tins with cupcake papers bake @ 350 for 20-22 minutes.

9x13 inch pan, grease well bake @350 for 30-40 minutes.