Carrot Cake with Lime Mascarpone Icing

 

It was my mom's birthday this past weekend, and I wanted to bake her a cake. And, it being fall, I've had a craving for a spicy, hearty carrot cake with mile-high icing on top. Luckily, I had just the right amount of mascarpone and cream cheese left over from making nectarine & mascarpone tarts, so it worked out perfectly. There's something about the combination of warm spices, earthy carrots, and cool, silky cream cheese icing that's so comforting. It's one of the best parts of fall.

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Carrot, Apple and Pecan Muffins

A couple days after I moved back to Canada, my mom and I drove to my uncle's farm near Sedgewick for Thanksgiving dinner. It was an Albertan crash course - nothing reacquaints you with your homeland quite like a day driving through its countryside. We saw geese and deer and moose, and the coyotes were just starting to howl at each other as we left the farm.


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