Carrot Loaf with An Orange Walnut Cream Cheese Frosting...

How does that sound?  Close your eyes (after reading this post of course!)...smell the aroma of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, vanilla, and brown sugar filling your kitchen...taste the sweet burst of flavors flowing from the bouquet of spices.  See the crunchy nutty brown crust and the moist warm cake smeared with honey butter!  OMG I'm in heaven just thinking about it!

I was going to work on some adjustments to the apple spice nut loaf but I was inspired to work on perfecting my carrot loaf. Somewhere in my tastebud's mind she's thinking orange and carrots may make a good combo...I've never tried this before, so I'll be testing this on my family and friends who are usually too anxious to serve as my guinea pigs.

My my recipe makes 2 loaves, so I'm going to make 2 different toppings: 1) orange walnut frosting; and 2) cinnamon-sugar walnut topping...I hope I bought enough walnuts!  ARGH!  4 cups unchopped...I'll make it a game time decision whether the loaves will have walnut in the batter or simply in the topping/frosting...Or an orange glaze?????  Decisions decisions...so many possibilities!

DOH!  I lost my camera on a flight to Trinidad, where, BTW, I learned how to make pastelles, sweet bread, and other stuff I'll talk about real real soon...STAY TUNED...Innywho, I promise to buy a camera soon!  I'm going to take pictures of each step of the directions once my camera situation is straightened out.  I'll show you the pre-bake batter and the fresh out the oven results...then some beauty shots to cap off a wonderful day of baking...


Tomorrow, look out for my loaf, frosting, and topping recipes...and don't worry.  I make these loaves all of the time, so if I don't get to the photo shoots on the 1st go-round the urge to make it again (with some kind of a tweak) will come again...whole wheat and gluten free versions to come!

Send comments and suggestions, or feel free to share your own favorite recipes!  Happy Baking!