Shookie's First Trial of Carrot Cake

My first trial with CARROT CAKE!

Google-ed around for Carrot Cake recipe and this is what I found:

Ingredients:

• 100g pecans/walnuts (toasted & coarsely chopped)
• 340g raw carrots (equivalent to 3 cups of finely grated carrot)
• 280g (2 cups) all purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated white sugar
• 1 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  
• 4 large eggs
• 2tsp baking soda
• 2tsp baking powder
• 2tsp ground cinnamon
• 2tsp vanilla essence
  
• 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
   
2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, vegetable oil, granulated sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans/walnuts. Pour into prepared pan.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

Tadaaaa...this is the outcome of my trial!



It actually taste quite good. However, the texture of the cake mimics the texture of a banana cake. I wonder why. Maybe too much baking soda? *Anyone able to answer me here?*

I'm thinking of making some adjustment to some of the ingredients so that it can make up to the taste that i like. Some of the amendments in mind:

• 150g pecans/walnuts (toasted & coarsely chopped)
• 4 cups of finely grated carrot
• 1 1/2tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2tsp cinnamon powder
  

Till my next baking with the trial adjustment..Tschus!!

-Shookie-