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Recipe: Carrot Cake with Almonds

The Happy Dragon Thrift Shop holds a potluck birthday party each month. July's birthday cake was carrot cake with almonds.

The Happy Dragon Thrift Shop, where I volunteer, holds a potluck birthday party each month honoring our members born that month. July's birthday cake was carrot cake with almonds.

Carrot Cake with Almonds
Preheat oven to 350°F
In a large bowl, beat together:

    • 4 eggs
    • 1.25 cu oil
    • 1 cu brown sugar + 1 cu white sugar
    • 2 tsp vanilla
    then mix in: 
      • 2 cu flour
      • 2 tsp baking soda
      • 2 tsp baking powder
      • 1/2 tsp salt
      • 2 tsp cinnamon
      then stir in:
        • 3 cu grated carrots
        • 1 cu chopped nuts
        Pour batter into greased 9x13in baking dish, and bake 40-50 minutes. Use the toothpick test.

        The recipe is based on this one from allrecipes.com. I cheated and iced the cake with a can of cream cheese icing. I used my largest coarse grater for the carrots. For the nuts I used the end of last year's almond harvest from a friend's ranch near Stockton, and ground up nuts in a mortar and pestle. 

        The harvest season is almost upon us! Here's a guide to Harvesting and Storing your Home Orchard's Nut Crop from UC Davis.
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