SWMBO's First BGE Bake - Carrot Cake (Pics)

Buckeye_Barbecuer

I convinced SWMBO to throw her carrot cake into the egg instead of the oven (electric ovens are an abomination). She was a little worried it would come out tasting smokey, but it was perfect. The recipe calls for 350* in the oven for 20 minutes. It took slightly longer in the egg but it was done to perfection and really retained it's moisture better than the oven.

I had the egg locked in at 350* dome and naturally it dropped when I threw the cold cake in. I figured this is why it took slightly longer. When you bake, do you really need to take the grate temperature? Or raise the dome slightly to allow for the drop? Or just keep the dome exactly as the recipe calls? The cake was perfect - just wondering what your experiences have been.

Skiddymarker

Congrats on sharing the egg with SWMBO, maybe... What will you do if she really likes it?

IMHO, the grid temp is the best if you know it, but the dome temp is usually fine when cooking indirect and it will be a few degrees higher than the grid temp, as much as 25 after one hour of fire, maybe 10 after three or four hours of fire. The temps will approach each other the longer the egg sits at one temp and the dome is kept closed. 

Your oven, will automatically turn on more heat as a result of an opened door, it senses the temp drop and adjusts. Unless you use a stoker, your egg will respond to the temp loss in its slow methodical way. 

Never done a cake, but breads and pies and cookies come out just fine. Use a neutral lump, I would not recommend mesquite for cakes....

Sixpack1

Will someone enlighten me on what SWMBO stands for? Thanks

DMW

@Sixpack1 She Who Must Be Obeyed

SGH

@Sixpack1‌
It depends on where you are from. Here is the alternative depending on your location.
SWMBO= She Who Must Be Obedient

johnmitchell

Great looking cake..Looks really moist and a winner.

Griffin

Talk about resurrecting a thread from the dead...

RRP

Here's my last carrot cake off the egg! I love carrot cake!!!

berndcrisp

Buckeye, since it came out perfect, don't change a thing.

Sixpack1

Thanks for clearing that up for me DMW and SGH...

cook861

Nice cake hope you used cream frosting for it

Brisket_Fanatic

@RRP - That looks amazing, would you mind sharing the recipe?

RRP

Brisket_Fanatic said:

@RRP - That looks amazing, would you mind sharing the recipe?

Here you go!

"Sinfully Good Carrot Cake" 

Here's the carrot cake recipe with my modifications to bake it on the BGE. It came from "The Book Lovers Cafe Cookbook", Gourmet Vegetarian Recipes by Crystal Dougherty & Ian Schleifer. 

2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp mace
1 1/2 cups canola oil
4 eggs
3 cups grated carrots
3/4 cups English walnuts, chopped   

1/2 cup raisins (dusted with flour so they won’t sink and burn!)
1 tbsp lemon zest 

Sift the dry ingredients into a separate bowl (flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and mace). In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil together. Add eggs, one at a time, and incorporate each one before adding the next. Slowly add the flour mixture. Next add the carrots and lemon zest.  Then by hand mix in the nuts and finally the flour covered raisins AND BE GENTLE (hehehe). Pour in to two round 9-inch well greased (Criso) and floured cake pans (or three 8-inch pans). Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or longer until a toothpick comes out clean.  I used my plate setter inverted with the primary grate resting on the inverted legs with one cake pan and then either using a grill extender or 2 fire bricks plus an auxillary grate I placed the other one. Just be careful that your dome thermometer isn’t impaling the cake batter NOW or in the raised cake to be!After baked and cooled (an hour) turn the cakes out onto a rack. Once they are cool, spread a layer of icing on the top of one round, set the other on top and finish icing the top and sides, being careful to not tear the cake and have crumbs on the outside. Garnish the sides of the cake with chopped walnuts, if desired. 

"Sinfully Good Spicy Cream Cheese Icing"

8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
2  cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp lemon zest
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp ground cloves