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These come from a Dave Lieberman cookbook called “Young and Hungry” (Which, by the way, is also the name of my friend Orr’s blog at the Washington City Paper. He writes about beer.). They are incredibly easy to make, but smell incredible and look fairly impressive because, if made right, chocolate will run out when you dive into them with a fork.
The White Dog Cafe is my favorite restaurant. I grew up in Philadelphia, and though I no longer live in the city of brotherly love, this restaurant by the University of Pennsylvania’s campus is still in my top ten. It was owned for something like 25 years by a woman named Judy Wicks, who is a well known Philly area social activist. I just learned in writing this post that the restaurant actually started out as a muffin shop, which will ultimately lead to my next post on a White Dog recipe for blueberry muffins. That will come another day.
Somewhere around the age of 8, I learned that carrot cake was an actual thing. And it was something that most people actually liked. I remember it being at a girl I considered a bully’s birthday party. She had a birthday carrot cake and people were excited about it.
This is still something I find a little funny. As someone who tastes and pretty much likes everything (from chocolate cake to chopped liver), I find that most people feel that things that sound like strange things to eat should not be eaten. So it’s interesting to me that a cake made of vegetables has become a commonplace thing. But I guess that’s beside the point.
Carrot cake is now one of my favorite things. I love it. I also love cream cheese icing, which I will always be pleased comes with carrot cake. And so, years and years ago, I decided to try to make it – and thus this incredible recipe came into my life (most recently, I made it for a friend’s birthday).
