Carrot Loaf, my healthiest creation yet (only 1/2 a stick of butter)

Today was my first official day of baking for my blog. I was torn between baking all the recipes in order or just making whatever sounded good. The deciding factor was the amount of butter. There was only one stick left in the fridge and I really did not want to go buy more so I found a recipe that needed less than one stick of butter. I settled on making a carrot loaf. My brother-in-law, Stephen, really likes carrot cake so I thought he might enjoy a carrot loaf.

In order to make this dessert I had to grate three carrots. This turned into grating four finger nails. It is surprisingly hard to control a carrot and a grater.

I was a little nervous about how everything would turn out. For the first couple of steps the batter looked a tiny bit like vomit. Not exactly something appetizing...


As the cake baked this imagery was replaced by a wonderful smell. The cinnamon in the recipe really filled the house with good smells. Unfortunately the cake and the silicone pan I used were not an ideal match. The cake pushed out the sides while baking. Instead of a lovely symmetrical loaf I got an oblong mostly rectangular loaf.


Even though my carrot loaf did not look all that great it was pretty tasty. It was a nice fall dessert that was not too sweet. I am a little disappointed that Steve has not eaten any yet....

I'm going to make some sort of cookie tomorrow. Hopefully I'll have pictures to post as well