DEAR SUN SPOTS: Final spring there was a carrot cake recipe within the column. I made it and it was good. Sadly, I misplaced the recipe. Can we’ve it once more? — Joni, no city
ANSWER: It is a good recipe. I’ve simply dusted it with confectioners sugar after it’s cool or you possibly can drizzle it with a vanilla or citrus glaze or frost it with cream cheese frosting. It’s an ideal dessert for Easter.
Preheat oven to 350 levels. Sift collectively 2 cups flour with 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon allspice, 1/4 teaspoon cloves and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
In a separate bowl, beat collectively 2 cups sugar and 1 1/4 cups oil till well-blended. Add 4 eggs, separately, beating nicely after every addition. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add dry components then beat for two minutes.
In a small bowl, mix 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and 1 teaspoon flour. Stir walnuts, 1 1/2 cups grated carrots, and 1 (8.25-ounce) can crushed pineapple into batter. Spoon batter right into a greased and floured 9-inch bundt pan.
Bake for 1 hour and till cake checks finished. Cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Invert and take away cake from pan. Cool on rack. This recipe makes 12 servings.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’ve used the pet food and canine biscuit recipes you printed some time in the past and wish to thanks. Each have labored out nice for our canines. — Andrea, no city
ANSWER: In case you missed these: Right here’s the pet food recipe: Simmer 1 pound turkey burger in sufficient hen inventory to cowl till cooked by, including a 1 pound bag of frozen “California combine” greens towards the top of cooking time. Enable to chill then puree in a meals processor. This makes about 4 (2/3 cup servings), retains within the fridge for a number of days and could be frozen.
A reader despatched on this straightforward, wheat-free deal with recipe. If different readers have pet food/deal with recipes to share, be happy to ship them alongside.
Canine Biscuits: Preheat oven to 350 levels and evenly spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray. Mix 1 cup oat flour*, 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup water, 1 egg, 3 tablespoons olive oil and a pair of tablespoons molasses in a big mixing bowl, stirring till a dough types. You may both roll out the dough and minimize it into enjoyable, bite-sized shapes or drop the dough by the teaspoon onto a baking sheet.
Bake for quarter-hour to get a crisp canine biscuit. In case your pup prefers a chewier deal with, bake in a 300 diploma oven for under 10 minutes.
*Oat flour could be made by grinding oats within the blender till powdery.
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Is there a distinction between woodchucks and groundhogs? — Mary, no city
ANSWER: They’re the identical critter. Most of us confer with the animals as groundhogs. But, in British English, they’re known as woodchucks. Woodchucks/groundhogs belong to the identical household as squirrels and prairie canines.
Do you know groundhogs produce other widespread names as nicely, together with whistle pig and land beaver? Whistle pig comes from their distinctive calling sound that resembles a shrill whistle, whereas land beaver describes their habitat and behaviors.
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