Rise Up and Smell the Coffee (Cake)

I thought I had this really good story to tell, but I really don’t. Basically it’s only been within the last five years that I realized carrot cake really has carrots in it. Which is odd because I used to think I didn’t like carrot cake because I didn’t like the idea of a carrot flavored cake. But I do know that the confusion stems from my childhood disillusionment about coffee cake having absolutely nothing to do with coffee except that sometimes it is served with coffee. Anyway, now I’m on this carrot cake eating fix and I have about 12 carrot cake cupcakes in my refrigerator, that I made myself, from scratch because I’m all domestic and the such though I had a ton of help from my aunt in the form of about 10 phone calls on Saturday when I prepared my first batch of these cupcakes. The most important lesson I learned from my experience – baking powder and baking soda are two different substances, each equally important to the rise and fall of a good baking recipe.