• dustycups
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    167 days ago

    Who the fuck puts raisins in a carrot cake?
    I have honestly never experienced an abomination. Not that there is anything wrong with raisins, but in carrot cake?

    • @Stovetop@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Most carrot cakes I’ve had contained raisins. I don’t think it’s chiefly an American thing but it definitely seems common enough.

      I hate it. Anything that dramatically breaks up the texture of a food like that is a culinary mistake.

    • @ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      The recipe I used actually suggested raisins in the cake and walnuts in the frosting. While I don’t mind either on their own or in other things, carrot cake is supposed to be creamy and smooth. If I wanted crunch or chew, I’d choose…I dunno, german chocolate or something.

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        16 days ago

        Walnuts on the frosting is fine with me but a lot of the ones from the shops used to put them in the cake - not so good.

        • @ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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          16 days ago

          I did also leave the walnuts out because my son is allergic, so there’s that. But left to my own devices, I’d rather have the walnuts on the side.