Drunken Baking and Photography

Today, I'm gonna fill you in on my super secret, kind of famous carrot cake recipe.

If you're a cheating whore, or just can't quite pull off baking low-sugar/sugar free like me, you will need this shit as a base. I use this regardless of who is eating them because it's a little less guilt-inducing.

You will also need your cocktail of choice, because it's definitely acceptable to drink and bake.

I used some leftover baby carrots I had laying around, but you can use standard sized, canned, or even baby food as your carrots as long as you're not an idiot and overfill your food processor.

Once you have your choice of carrot sufficiently chopped up, you're gonna throw in 1/2 cup of brown sugar and cinnamon/nutmeg to your liking. One teaspoon adds a nice taste, whereas one tablespoon will yield a more "spicy" taste.

Then, dump in 1/2 cup of ONE of these - sour cream, buttermilk, cream, milk, yogurt, or pudding. The wet will offset the dryness of the carrot and spices we're adding to the cake mix.

Puree the fuck out of your concoction.

Once the carrot creation is ready, throw everything into a mixing bowl like you would if making the cake by it's directions, dumping your carrots in there too like you don't give a fuck.

I have a badass mixing bowl set with pour-spout, so I just gracefully spooned the batter into my cupcake pans.

Gracefully.

We do cupcakes instead of slicing cake in This Fuckin' House because it's efficient, cleaner, and easier to share.

Bake that shit according to the cheater box, making sure to toothpick check for done-ness so your cakes don't collapse and look sad.

Normally I cheat on the frosting if at all possible because I hate the carpal tunnel required of scratch frosting, since I don't have beaters or a mixer.
I got tired of stopping to take photos, so here's a video on scratch butter cream cheesy frosting. I literally had never done this one before, but it worked out anyway.

Don't forget to enjoy your cocktail, because baking is better drunk.