Carrot Bread ? - from Mimi's Cafe

"Carrot bread that is much too delicious to be called bread. If you have eaten at Mimi's, you know what a treasure this recipe is, if you have not, you will be delighted! The original recipe compliments of Mimi's Cafe."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Grease and flour a 9 inch square pan or four 3 inch by 6 inch mini loaf pans.
  • In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnnamon and salt and mix well.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together oil, brown sugar and eggs, pour into flour mixture and stir well (batter will be chunky).
  • Stir in walnuts, pineapple, raisins and carrots.
  • Pour into prepared pan (s) and bake 30-40 minutes (20 minutes for mini pans) or until lightly browned.

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Reviews

  1. I would have given this 5 stars, but I would have liked it to be a little sweeter..other than that this was a good carrot bread. I think next time I will add more sugar...probably another 1/4 cup..But I am going to make a cream cheese frosting just to coat the top and this will add to the sweetness...thanks for a good recipe.
     
  2. This is a lovely bread! I used pineapple tidbits in place of the chunks and it proved to be just right for my taste. I served just on the warm side, with a bit of butter to bring out the flavor! Delightful, Lorac!
     
  3. This is great... I have made it for family and took it to church I got complments both places. I have one suggestion use crushed pineapple. The chunk was just to big.
     
  4. Oh my gosh, I cannot wait to try the recipe. I'm so excited. We ate out a few days ago @ Mimi's and I ended up taking a loaf of this bread home. I absolutely love it, and I'm so glad I'm now able to make it @ home. Thanks so much Lorac!! *5/17/09 update* Thank you so much for the wonderful recipe. I made muffins instead of bread for my aunt and cousins while my uncle was in the hospital. They were there for 2 weeks, 24 hours a day, and the muffins were easy for them to grab and eat. They all raved and raved about how great the bread was and I was told by a couple of people that this recipe was BETTER than Mimi's. I, like many others, used crushed pineapple instead of chunks. This recipe is definitely a keeper.
     
  5. To make this bread JUST LIKE Mimi's you will need to use just 2 eggs and bake it in mini loaf pans. Also, use crushed pineapple as the others suggest. I did this and taste tested with coworkers and they swear it was dead on.
     
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  1. Oh my gosh, I cannot wait to try the recipe. I'm so excited. We ate out a few days ago @ Mimi's and I ended up taking a loaf of this bread home. I absolutely love it, and I'm so glad I'm now able to make it @ home. Thanks so much Lorac!! *5/17/09 update* Thank you so much for the wonderful recipe. I made muffins instead of bread for my aunt and cousins while my uncle was in the hospital. They were there for 2 weeks, 24 hours a day, and the muffins were easy for them to grab and eat. They all raved and raved about how great the bread was and I was told by a couple of people that this recipe was BETTER than Mimi's. I, like many others, used crushed pineapple instead of chunks. This recipe is definitely a keeper.
     
  2. This recipe was a BIG hit; I also substituted a cup of sugar & 1/4 cup of molasseses for the brown sugar and changed the pineapple chunks to crushed pineapple - both were really good.
     
  3. I made this last night, and it was INCREDIBLE. It's been a while since I've been to Mimi's, but I thought it was a very close likeness. I substituted applesauce for half of the oil, doubled the cinnamon and increased the brown sugar to 1 1/2 c. Also, since I didn't have mini loaf pans, I baked in a traditional loaf pan for about 70 minutes.
     
  4. This was an okay recipe- I am not going to rate it because I changed it around quite a bit. I subsituted applesauce for the oil, used 3/4 whole wheat flour and 3/4 white, and used 6 egg whites instead of 3 eggs. The one thing I didn't care for was the pineapple chunks, next time I will either leave them out, or used crushed pineapple which I will drain really, really well (and maybe even ring out in a chesecloth?) I also baked these in muffin tins instead of a bread pan.
     
  5. Very good recipe. I use dried cranberries instead of raisin...
     

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