This post is rather messy, filled with different sizes of photos. Pardon me, I am once again post nightcall. I’ve been busy with 3 calls in 10 days, all being bad and I’ve been working every Saturday and Sunday for 20 days in a row. Its not been fun, and at times like these I really dislike the long hours that this job demands. But anyway, its over, and I’m done with my calls in June. July will be here and times will get better, I’m sure. H and I have planned a trip to a fabulous location, nicknamed “God’s Own Country” any guesses anyone?
Here is the promised step by step post on the carrot cake I’ve been raving time and again about. The recipe can be found here.
First, grate the carrots, preferably enlisting the help of a willing gentleman. Grate nine small carrots or 3 large ones, you’ll need 3 cups full.
Chop up walnuts roughly, making up one full cup.
Beat 1.5 cups sugar and 1 cup of oil oil than add in the eggs one at a time till all 4 incorporated
Beat in the dry ingredients then pack the carrots into a cup and put it into the mixer. Repeat till 3 cups of carrots are added into the mixture.
Add walnuts and cranberries and beat well. The mixture will be a little watery as the carrots start to weep its juices. Bake in cake pans and prepare the frosting.
Place the block of cream cheese and a block of butter into the mixing bowl, both at room temperature.
Beat well then add in icing sugar half a cup at a time. I use between 1.5-2 cups of sugar.
I added in juice of one lime for extra kick to the sweet frosting. This was from our garden and is a variety of lime used in Asian cooking called “limau purut” in malay. It has an amazingly potent and heady scent. Your hands start to smell just by touching the fruit.
Now with pictures to accompany the methods and ingredients I am more keen to read thoroughly!
this can’t be all rite? I think you may be in the process of uploading the other pics…I hate resizing and writing the captions in between. Somehow WordPress doesn’t do a good job at it. Anyway, so far it looks bearable enough for me to try it for this SUNDAY! 
I’m happy for you work isn’t so busy anymore.
Your carrot cake looks delish!
What a nice touch with the limau purut! We used to have a plant back in our old house as well, and the neighbours would always be snapping away leaves and fruits. Hehe.
I want a fire engine red kitchen aid.
if you’re going where I think you’re going, would you like to drop by neighbouring australia?
by the way, cool twist with the lime! i can imagine it with lemon, but lime is something new i’d love to try in frosting… by “try” i mean eat, not make. preferably. heh.
Yummy! But actually I am here with other news. ‘A Grub’s Life’ does not like me leaving comments so I’ll leave it here. I wanted to tell you about the Thann display you snapped at the airport. It’s a super spa brand and they’re all over Bangkok. I can’t get enough of it and always go to there stores. Being in the store is like a spa treatment in itself. I thought you’d like to know where in Singapore you can find there goods- Millenia Walk , 9 Raffles Blvd (they have a spa as well) and on the 2nd floor, CK Tang, Vivo City. Those addresses mean nothing to me, but hopefully it means something to you. Sorry for commenting here on the other blog. Feel free to delete this comment, but do go hang out at Thann!
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That is a curious fruit = it looks so unusual!
Your cake is beautiful.
mel: yes the resizing can be messy, looking forward to ur cake!
linda: thanks, it truly is a great recipe, u should try it!
Zhullie(ovenhaven): haha, yes neighbours tend to steal off our plants too! We have a huge curry tree that reaches up to the 1st storey and the leaves are abundant. Our neighbours just help themselves.
Quizas: soon my dear.. I will get it for u as a wedding gift:)
elia: I’m going to an Asian country… Can u guess?
Bordeaux: Oh no! Sorry I have been missing in action for a while, the comment has just been approved on the other blog. My internet has been down and things have been crazy at work.. Anyway thanx for the info, of course the addresses make sense to me, all Singapore has are malls! I will look out for Thann. All I saw at the shop at the airport were toiletries, I had no idea they had home stuff too. But the shop was super beautiful.
Sophie: Thanks!
Pat: Yes it is strange looking.. Like many Asian fruit..
But the scent is really fragrant. Its great.
oops, i thought you meant new zealand.
but i guess it’s… ke..ra..la..?
elia: clever girl.. Yup.. Leaving in 2 weeks. Can’t wait..
I see that you have anew kitchen aid and have been using it wlle. Congrqatulations. I am amazed how you find time to cook despite your busy schedule. Anyway keep it up.
Thanks mama, well u took time off ur busy working schedule too, to teach us kids, clean and cook for us!