632621 Mon Jun 29 14:03:34 -0700 2009 9 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 4815879 Rather than trying to freeze some cake after our wedding, my wife and I had a tradition of going back to the bakery each year and getting a small cake for our anniversary. This year is our 15th, and the original bakery is long since closed. Any suggestions for great carrot cake, cream cheese frosting? Don't mind chunky, but not dry. We had Montclair baking a couple years ago--I don't remember why, but we didn't care for it so much. I have never tried a cake from Walnut Creek Bakery, but I think they use buttercream on the carrot cake. I'll have to call them. We had the cake from a Sweet Affair in Walnut Creek last year--it was pretty good. Teacakes doesn't do anything bigger than cupcakes. I don't think Bakesale Betty does carrot cake...or does she? Anything else to try? thanks. Mon Jun 29 14:03:34 -0700 2009 13670 Bryan Gros 1 4815916 Virginia Bakery in Berkeley does a carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. It's better than their regular cake, but not great. Mon Jun 29 14:14:31 -0700 2009 4815879 11231 Glencora 1 4816123 Sweet Adeline has the best carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. It always get compliments, even from non-carrot cake lovers. Mon Jun 29 15:24:34 -0700 2009 4815879 26785 elainew 2 4816408 Oh, there is a good idea! I always forget about Sweet Adeline. Mon Jun 29 17:18:25 -0700 2009 4816123 13670 Bryan Gros 2 4816433 I second the Sweet A suggestion. I think the carrot cake is the best thing I've ever gotten from Sweet Adeline. It had a beautiful crumb, the carrots added a wonderful moistness and were very finely grated (so it didn't have a crunch like you sometimes get with carrot cake) and the cream cheese frosting was applied with a light hand that really highlighted the delightfulness of the cake. I should add that I had the carrot cake in the form of an Easter cake ( shaped like an egg), so I don't know if it is their standard recipe or if it was a specialty product. Whatever. I'm obsessed with cake and I occasionally think about that carrot cake... Mon Jun 29 17:27:52 -0700 2009 4816123 11798 MollyGee 3 4856209 link Mon Jul 13 23:38:10 -0700 2009 4816433 10264 rworange 1 4816917 I've gotten carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting at Bakesale Betty's in the past, but I don't know if they are a regular item. They were fantastic - not too sweet, good balance of spices, and great frosting. I have not seen carrot cake in a larger form there, though. Mon Jun 29 20:50:31 -0700 2009 4815879 167075 little cook 1 4819323 Ladyfingers does a nice traditional carrot cake that has remained the same for ever. In fact, we had it at our wedding more than 20 years ago. They are on Santa Clara in Oakland ... If you get off the Harrison Street exit on 580, you will pass them (either direction) http://www.ladyfingersbakery.com/ They also make a very good blackbottom cake. Tue Jun 30 15:34:14 -0700 2009 4815879 288825 myriamg 2 4819395 Ladyfingers flies under the chow-radar -- I think because of the awful (no foot traffic, awkward car access) location. But they're reliably good, and have been, as you said, for a long time. I occasionally picked up stuff from there when I worked in downtown Oakland in the late '80s. Tue Jun 30 16:01:53 -0700 2009 4819323 10159 Ruth Lafler 2 4856211 What did you buy? Mon Jul 13 23:38:54 -0700 2009 4819323 10264 rworange