Recipes

Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Icing

For the cake:
2 cups all purpose flour 
2 teaspoons baking soda 
1 teaspoon salt 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
2 cups sugar 
1 1/4 cups canola oil 
4 large eggs 
3 cups grated peeled carrots 
1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped walnuts 
2 tablespoons minced peeled ginger

For the icing:
10 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature 
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 
1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Icing

For the cake:
2 cups all purpose flour 
2 teaspoons baking soda 
1 teaspoon salt 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
2 cups sugar 
1 1/4 cups canola oil 
4 large eggs 
3 cups grated peeled carrots 
1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped walnuts 
2 tablespoons minced peeled ginger

For the icing:
10 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature 
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 
1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Icing

For the cake:
2 cups all purpose flour 
2 teaspoons baking soda 
1 teaspoon salt 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
2 cups sugar 
1 1/4 cups canola oil 
4 large eggs 
3 cups grated peeled carrots 
1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped walnuts 
2 tablespoons minced peeled ginger

For the icing:
10 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature 
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 
1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Icing

For the cake:
2 cups all purpose flour 
2 teaspoons baking soda 
1 teaspoon salt 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
2 cups sugar 
1 1/4 cups canola oil 
4 large eggs 
3 cups grated peeled carrots 
1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped walnuts 
2 tablespoons minced peeled ginger

For the icing:
10 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature 
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar 
1/4 cup pure maple syrup

Cantaloupe and Lime Granita

Serves four to six.

Ingredients:
6 cups pureed fresh cantaloupe, from about one medium melon
2 tablespoons lime juice, from about one lime
Zest from one lime

Directions:
Remove the rind from the cantaloupe. (You can cut off each end and then around the outside, like at the start of supreming citrus.) Cut the melon in half and scoop out the seeds. Roughly cut the fruit into about one inch pieces.

Cantaloupe and Lime Granita

Serves four to six.

Ingredients:
6 cups pureed fresh cantaloupe, from about one medium melon
2 tablespoons lime juice, from about one lime
Zest from one lime

Directions:
Remove the rind from the cantaloupe. (You can cut off each end and then around the outside, like at the start of supreming citrus.) Cut the melon in half and scoop out the seeds. Roughly cut the fruit into about one inch pieces.