I LOVE carrot cake. Chock-full of grated carrots, pecans and coconut, it’s a cake of real substance, and the warm touch of cinnamon makes it deliciously comforting. Over years of experimentation, I ...

Is it Easter without a freaky-looking homemade cake? Can you have a celebratory post-church brunch and not include a mutant lamb on a bed of green-dyed coconut grass? In my family, we observe a bunny ...

This incredible cake boasts flecks of tender carrots in an orange-scented, ultra-moist batter. It’s not just the coupling of oranges and carrots that make this cake shine, warm cinnamon scents the ...

This cake is friendly to substitutes (see Substitutions, below). Bananas stand in for eggs, both binding the batter and giving it body — use bananas whose peels have gone mostly black for the best ...

There’s something timeless about a perfectly baked carrot cake. It is moist, warmly spiced, and layered with comfort in every bite. As Christmas 2025 approaches, this classic dessert is making a big ...