I apologize in advance for the lack of photographic evidence on this one, my photographer (aka girlfriend) was otherwise occupied (aka drinking and reading) and cake making is messy business and I didn’t want to mess up my camera (aka phone), but the end result was phenomenal so here we go…

Forgetting crucial groceries likes “dessert” is never fun, but luckily, I had … bread flour? WTF good is that for things that aren’t bread? Whatever, I have the internet. Google-fu at ready, I found a recipe for carrot cake that used it…

Using an electric mixer, I beat 2 eggs and a half cup of sugar together for a few minutes, and added 1/2 a cup of vegetable oil while still beating

Beating it... like a red-headed stepchild? Isn't the term "mixing", when was this recipe written the 1800s?

Mixed together a cup of bread flour (it has more gluten than regular flour – makes for a chewy cake) with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 a cup of sugar.

QUICKLY whisked half of the egg-sugar mixture into the flour mixture, then added the other half. Then about half a pound of shredded carrots, folded in with a spoon.

Cooked in the oven for 40 minutes at 350° F, and done!

Like I said, no pictures while baking... Drinking (or reading) hurts everyone.

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Well, not entirely done, because I still had to make cream cheese frosting, which I was decided unhappy about having to make after a few beers myself…

4 oz of cream cheese (half of one of those little boxes) and a stick of butter, softened, blendedbeaten with my electric mixer together with 2 cups of powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract:

I may or may not have eaten the leftovers with a spoon...

Slathered it on the carrot cake, and it was served!

Oh goddamn this picture is making me hungry to look at...

Yup having another slice right now. Stupid delicious photos.