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Carrot Cake with Mascarpone and Rum Frosting

Who would have thought, that I could turn this: 

into this:

and eventually this:

There were so many ideas running through my head when I think of this blog. I planned to make cookies, cupcakes, pasta, and many other stuffs but ended up in posting this gluten free and dairy free carrot cake. I found this recipe somewhere in the net, and I thought, "why not?" I tried a carrot cake when I was little, and what I remember was this sweet, rich, heavy but mouth-watering cake. This carrot cake which I made has different textures in comparison to what I tried a few years ago, but they both had the same rich and heavy properties.

This cake has a significant amount of rum in it, and it is actually my first time cooking with rum. I had to cook the rum with sultanas, and I freaked out because there was literally fire on the saucepan. But as the blue flames vanished, I realize it was a pretty awesome moment. The rum was also there in the frosting with the mascarpone, and I never knew it worked so good together with the cake. The rum just makes it.

This is Nigella Lawson's Venice Inspired Carrot Cake. Click for the recipe