Comments on: Penny’s Carrot Cake https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/pennye28099s-carrot-cake/ Favorite Recipes from Real Kitchens Everywhere! Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.31 By: Jessica https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/pennye28099s-carrot-cake/?review_page=1#review-44730 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:09:28 +0000 https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/recipes/desserts/pennys-carrot-cake/#comment-44730 An excellent carrot cake recipe! I left out the walnuts, added a 1/2 t of mace, used golden raisins, and made them into cupcakes for a friend’s birthday… I was afraid I had done something wrong because the batter and end result was very heavy in weight, but my fears were unfounded because everyone LOVED them! Thank you so much for posting this!

]]> By: smalltowngirl https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/pennye28099s-carrot-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-30593 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:47:25 +0000 https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/recipes/desserts/pennys-carrot-cake/#comment-30593 I made this cake yesterday evening for company and was a little surprised at how heavy it turned out.
I guess I base that off of the picture and mine was heavier than the picture shows, it also didn’t turn out as dark??? Don’t know what caused that as I used brown sugar instead of the white sugar it calls for. I guess I was looking more for a “Mimi’s Restaurant” style carrot cake…don’t get me wrong it was very good and we enjoyed it!

]]> By: txmom2jami https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/pennye28099s-carrot-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-11642 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:26:44 +0000 https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/recipes/desserts/pennys-carrot-cake/#comment-11642 I’d never made a carrot cake before, but decided to bake this one to take to my cousin’s for Thanksgiving and as a “surprise” for my husband (his birthday is December 4). This cake went together very easily – I get distracted in the kitchen and need “foolproof” recipes that promise fairly easy success. LOL! I baked it in a 9 x 13 metal pan Wednesday night and then spread the frosting on it Thursday morning before heading to my cousin’s. Sprinkled a few chopped walnuts on top to make it a little more “fancy” since it was in the metal pan. We LOVED this cake. I must confess, I’m not a big raisin person, but I still put them in there and loved it (I did use golden raisins, rather than the dark ones.)

I will definitely be making this again!

]]> By: lunamoon https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/pennye28099s-carrot-cake/comment-page-1/#comment-2110 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:49:36 +0000 https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/recipes/desserts/pennys-carrot-cake/#comment-2110 This cake was easy to mix up, although I thought maybe there wasn’t enough flour! But it turned out to be almost like a “fruit cake” – meaning it was very dense and very moist, and very heavy! The frosting was perfect, and I used neufchatel (sp?) cheese – the lower fat cream cheese, and you couldn’t taste any difference, it was soooo creamy and yummy! I probably baked it 5 minutes more than 1 hour, and it turned out very well. I used carrots from my garden, and brought it to a pot luck and it was a big hit. I had to fight to bring back one piece to enjoy this a.m. with coffee as I write this review. =)

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