For the best old-fashioned carrot cake, you'll want to make it from scratch. Store-bought carrot cake just doesn't compare to a freshly-made, freshly-frosted homemade carrot cake from scratch—trust us ...

My mom remarried when I was in my 30s. Already on my path as a food professional, I decided to make her wedding cake. Or wedding cakes. I didn’t want to risk a tiered extravaganza caving in on itself ...

Dense, moist and homey, carrot cake is the quintessential American classic. It evolved from a time when sugar was expensive, so root vegetables like carrots, parsnips and beets sweetened the batter.

Jodie Kautzmann is an editor, baker, and confectioner with more than 15 years of experience in content creation, recipe development, and pastry production. She's obsessed with the fine details and ...

This extra carrot-y, not-too-sweet carrot cake is loaded with carrots and toasted nuts and slathered with orange cream cheese frosting. (Rebecca Peloquin / For The Times) My mom remarried when I was ...