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Two Layer Chocolate Carrot Cake
October 10, 2016 By Anna 1 Comment
I love both carrot cake and chocolate cake, but for some reason couldn’t see the point of combining the two to make chocolate carrot cake. Why ruin a carrot cake with chocolate or vice versa? Misgivings aside, I finally tried a recipe for Chocolate Carrot Cake.
This Chocolate Carrot Cake, adapted from a Mrs. Fields recipe, is made with the usual carrot cake proportions, but rather than spices, includes a half cup of cocoa powder and some pineapple. In the introduction, Mrs. Fields promises the cocoa is not overpowering and that the cake has the moist crumb you expect from good carrot cake. This was reassuring, because my main motivation for making this…
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