A Warm Slice of Comfort

And then there’s the one that keeps resurfacing in my home like an uninvited guest. Is carrot cake really cake?

Some people, bless their hearts, simply don’t recognise carrot cake as cake. I suppose the problem begins and ends with the carrot itself. A vegetable? In a cake? For some, that’s where logic packs its bags and leaves the room. In my house, the mere announcement that I’m baking carrot cake is often met with visible disappointment, dramatic sighs, and the kind of sadness you’d think I’d just cancelled dessert altogether. You’d swear I’d said, “We’re having steamed broccoli for dessert”.