Carrot Cake Making

Rise and shine to make carrot cakes!

you know those rectangular slabs of traditional hong kong carrot cakes? my grandmother's version is legendary... she only makes them once a year during cny and we never fail to gobble everything up during breakfast. then all of a sudden, she decided to hand down the family recipe.



since my sister has got absolutely no interest in culinary, i was the only serious one taking down notes. grandma basically demonstrated while we stood around to watch and help out.


lazy slacker




smells super fragrant with those shrimps and chinese sausages!


ready for steaming


maid & sis peeling the roasted peanuts

I never knew the whole proccess was so much hard work; it may look pretty easy but there are actually many details to take care of. this is why we only get to eat it once a year, heh.

after 2 hours of charcoal-flame steaming...


All it takes is some slicing and panfrying to get a hot piping plate of soft carrot cakes...


time to tuck into heart-warming homemade goodness...