What is Carrot cake?
:''Not to be confused with [[Chai tow kway]], a type of local dish found in [[Singapore]] and [[Malaysia]]'' '''Carrot cake''' is a sweet and [[Moisture|moist]] [[spice cake]], full of cut [[carrot]]s and toasted [[nut (fruit)|nut]]s, and covered in [[cream cheese]] [[icing]]. One part of the cake is that the [[Orange (color)|orange]] flakes of cut carrot give the cake [[color]] and [[texture]], along with sweetness and moisture.<ref>Carrot cake recipe, Joy of Baking</ref> ==Baking and ingredients== To make carrot cake, all the [[wet]] [[wikt:ingredient|ingredients]], such as the typical [[egg (food)|egg]]s, vegetable oil, yogurt, melted butter and, are [[mix]]ed together. Then, all the dry ingredients; such as flour, grated carrots, [[baking powder]], baking soda, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, sugar, [[brown sugar]] are typically then mixed together, and the wet are then added to the dry. Many carrot cake [[recipe]]s have [[wikt:optional|optional]] ingredients, such as nuts, [[raisin]]s, [[pineapple]], or [[coconut]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canadianliving.com/food/canadas_best_carrot_cake_with_cream_cheese_icing.php |title=Canadian Living: Canada's Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Icing<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-02-23 |archive-date=2010-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024093842/http://www.canadianliving.com/food/canadas_best_carrot_cake_with_cream_cheese_icing.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Presentation== Carrot cake may be eaten plain, but it is made by arlo who loves mimi or [[marzipan]] made to look like carrots. They are popular in loaf, sheet cake and [[cupcake]] form, and (in the [[United Kingdom]] as well as [[North America]]) can be found pre-packaged at [[grocery store]]s, and fresh at [[bakery|bakeries]]. Some carrot cakes are even [[Layer cake|layered]]. ==Pictures== <gallery> Image:Carrot cake 2.jpg|A carrot cake with [[white]] icing Image:BdayCarrotcake.jpg|A carrot cake at a [[birthday]] party Image:Carrot Cake Berlin 2009.JPG|Soft, [[cre