On a Carrot Cake Quest

I blame it on my age but I've seem to grown out of those rich sinful chocolate cakes and falling for carrot cakes. Do not get me wrong, I still love my chocolates but if I were have to choose which cake to be buried with, carrot cake would be my first choice- for now at least.

I've had my fair share of carrot cakes out at trade and I'm on the quest to perfect a recipe for the ultimate carrot cake. My perfect carrot cake would have to be fluffy but moist, packed with tons of walnut and topped with thick tangy cream cheese topping. I do love the addition of desiccated coconut and pineapples in my carrot cake too; best coconut-y rendition would have to be fab baker boy's.

My Carrot Cupcake

Foodgawker is my go to online recipe guide; I happily adapted the recipe from this website:

http://www.momontimeout.com/2012/08/to-die-for-carrot-cake-recipe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+momontimeout%252FzXtr+%2528Mom+On+Timeout%2529&utm_content=Google+Reader

I thought the recipe resulted in a rather dry batter. The carrot cakes I made turned out to be rather dry and dense. Somehow or rather, my carrot cake always end up dense and wet rather than fluffy and moist. I'm guessing its the result of using oil vs butter... Therefore, my next batch of carrot cakes would be made using butter!

Carrot Cupcake Batter

The cupcakes tasted much better after a day or 2 in the fridge; no more than that as it's gone by then! :) Gonna try out other recipes soon, till then!

Cream Cheese Rosette Frosting