Fluted Carrot-Tangerine Cake ~ Baking Chez Moi

Per Nana~

The group's selected recipe for this week from Baking Chez Moi

 is a delicious carrot-tangerine cake. I was fortunate to have all the

 ingredients on hand even though my carrots were small ones for snacking.

 A lot of fun on a box grater without losing skin, but I succeeded. 

In place of tangerines I used two clementines which were delicious

 and very juicy. The cake baked up beautifully and was easy to 

remove from the pan without a problem.  

I prepared a drizzle using confectioner's sugar, a bit of milk 

and orange extract. It accented all the flavors in the cake. 

The cake is very moist and wonderfully delicious.  I will definitely be 
keeping this one in my files for a great snack cake that is quick to prepare. 

Per Tricia~

This cake is exactly the type of recipe that I enjoy cooking as

 part of a blogging community, because had not been "assigned"...

I likely would have just skipped right over it in the book. 

Not because it sounded bad but simply because I could not

 get my head around the combination of carrots with citrus. 

So I likely would have kept thumbing through until I hit something

 chocolate :)  And that would have been a shame because this was

 a delicious combo. The cake was moist and dense and combined with

 the citrus from the orange I used (yes, neither of us actually used the

 tangerine for which the cake is named...) was a welcome combo for 

a cold winter's day.  The fact that this was truly a quick and easy

 cake makes it a sure repeat. So glad I gave it a try.

This marks another Tuesday recipe testing as we cook along with the "Tuesdays with Dorie" online group.  Please note that we do not post the recipes, per the group rules, but we do encourage others to RUN out and buy their own copy of Dorie Greenspan's "Baking Chez Moi".  Better yet, buy the book and JOIN THE GROUP ! www.TuesdaysWithDorie.wordpress.com