The last time I made a ridiculous carrot cake Elizabeth was somewhere off at sea, no doubt suffering from a diet rich in overly cooked frozen vegetables and generously salted commodity meats. Not surprisingly, she felt her loss sharply. Luckily, last week saw the happy confluence of Liz back in Napa, her birthday, the second summer fig crop (laaa!), and some fantastically blown open leftover spray roses. Obviously a ridiculous carrot (and fig) cake was going to happen.
don't suppose you would share the recipe for ridiculous carrot cake. I love the shape of it!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat's freaking gorgeous
ReplyDeleteThank you, Shelly and Denise! I will definitely share the recipe soon; in the meantime you can get that shape by baking any forgiving cake (quick cakes, spice cakes) in a bunch of ceramic ramekins and layering them. It's really fun, I a silly way :).
ReplyDeleteSeptember 18th...I'll be with you next year.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to my own ridiculous cake.
xo jane
Sounds good! If I'd known all it takes is a ridiculous cake to get you out here . . .
ReplyDeleteI just read today that figs are not a fruit -- they're actually a flower that has folded in on itself, and the tiny seeds are the fruits. Makes perfect sense now that I see your gorgeous closeups of a fig slice! Sadly, I've never had a fresh fig; you don't see them around my part of the world. Beautiful cake, and thanks for the tip on making this fantastic shape!
ReplyDeleteA- Wow, I didn't know that! Figs are quite strange (clusters of!) fruit! And delicious fresh. I hope someday you have a chance to try one!
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