NATIONAL CARROT CAKE DAY - February 3

National Day Calendar ^ | February 03, 2025 | Staff

[Red Badger]

NATIONAL CARROT CAKE DAY

National Carrot Cake Day on February 3rd, celebrates one of America's favorite flavors of cake. In the carrot cake, we get to eat our cake and veggies, too!

#NationalCarrotCakeDay

Carrot cake closely resembles a quick bread from its preparation to its final consistency. Quick breads mix the wet and dry ingredients separately before combining, and the final product is coarser than a traditional cake. Creamy frosting separates the layers and often complements the spice of the cake. Cinnamon and nutmeg go well with the natural sweetness of carrots. Many bakers add nuts or raisins to their recipes as well.

The carrot's natural sweetness may have been selected as a substitute in the Middle Ages when sugar was hard to find or expensive. Carrot cake most likely developed from a carrot pudding which could be savory or sweet.

HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL CARROT CAKE DAY

Bake a carrot cake to celebrate. Include friends and family by inviting them to join you. Serve a hot beverage or two. If you need a recipe, we found several worth trying. While you're enjoying the cake, look ahead to other celebrations on the calendar.

Listen to the National Daily podcast and flip a coin to see who will serve up the next delicious baked good so you can #CelebrateEveryDay with us. Don't forget to use #NationalCarrotCakeDay to share on social media, too!

NATIONAL CARROT CAKE DAY HISTORY

National Day Calendar staff wonder if we dangle a carrot, would the creator of this day step forward?

Carrot Cake FAQ

Q. Does carrot cake recipes call for real carrots?

A. Yes. Shredded carrots are used to make carrot cake.

Q. What other vegetables are used in cakes?

A. A variety of vegetables lean toward the sweeter side of the taste scale or take on the sweetness of its surrounding ingredients. Take these for example:

Beets

Zucchini

Peas

Sweet potato

Rhubarb

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Notable Birthdays for February 3

Samuel Osgood (1747-1813) - the first Postmaster General for the U.S. Post Office.

Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891) - Senior military officer for the Confederate Army

Horace Greeley (1811-1872) - Journalist and founder of the NY Tribune.

Samuel Ryan Curtis (1817-1866) - Major General for the Union Army.

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) - First woman to earn a physician degree in the U.S.

Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1888) - Naturalist and first curator at the Smithsonian Institution.

George Thomas "Tige" Anderson (1824-1901) - Brigadier General for the Confederate Army.

Nathan George "Shanks" Evans (1824-1868) - Brigadier General for the Confederate Army.

Ranald MacDonald (1824-1894) - Explorer and educator who was the first person to teach English in Japan.

Charles Henry Turner (1867-1923) - Biolologist known for his study of insects.

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) - Famous painter.

Helen Stephens (1918-1994) - Olympic gold medalist in running.

Henry Heimlich (1920-2016) - Physician and inventor of the Heimlich Maneuver.

Stephen Ross (1944-2017) - Economist who created the arbitrage pricing theory.

Morgan Fairchild (1950-Still Living) - Award-winning actress.

Eric Lander (1957-Still Living) - Mathematician, geneticist, and founder of the Broad Institute of MIT.

Lee Crystal Sackett (1958-2013) - Drummer for Joan Jett and The Blackhearts.

Elizabeth Holmes (1984-Still Living) - Fraudster and founder of Theranos.

Memorable Events for February 3

1690 - The Massachusetts colony issues the first paper money.

1743 - Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants.

1834 - Wake Forest University is established in North Carolina

1855 - Wisconsin Supreme Court declares U.S. Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional.

1860 - Thomas Clemson becomes the first Superintendent of Agriculture.

1863 - Samuel Clemens uses his pen name Mark Twain for the first time.

1870 - Congress votes to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.

1887 - Congress creates Electoral Count Act to avoid disputed national elections.

1913 - Congress votes to ratify the Sixteenth Amendment, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.

1917 - America enters WWI due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.

1933 - The first Interstate Legislative Conference takes place in Washington, D.C.

1941 - The Supreme Court upheld the Federal Wage and Hour Law then proceeds to set minimum wages and maximum hours.

1943 - Four chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets while a U.S. Army transport ship sinks.

1945 - The Air Force bombs Berlin.

1959 - A plane crash killing musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper, and the pilot happens near a field in Iowa.

1961 - The Air Force begins Operation Looking Glass by putting the Doomsday Plane in the air to protect the U.S. from bombers and missiles.

1995 - Eileen Collins becomes the first woman astronaut to pilot the Space Shuttle (Mission STS-63).

2009 - Eric Holder the first Black American Attorney General for the U.S.

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Feb. 3: Actor Blythe Danner is 82.

Guitarist Dave Davies of The Kinks is 78.

Actor Morgan Fairchild is 75.

Actor Pamela Franklin (“The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”) is 75.

Actor Nathan Lane is 69.

Guitarist Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth is 69.

Actor Thomas Calabro (“Melrose Place”) is 66.

Drummer Lol Tolhurst (The Cure) is 66.

Actor Michele Greene (“L.A. Law”) is 63.

Country singer Matraca Berg is 61.

Actor Maura Tierney (“ER,” ″NewsRadio”) is 60.

Actor Warwick Davis (“Harry Potter” films, “Willow”) is 55.

Actor Elisa Donovan (“Clueless”) is 54.

Singer Daddy Yankee is 49.

Actor Isla Fisher is 49.

Singer Jessica Harp (The Wreckers) is 43.

Actor Matthew Moy (“2 Broke Girls”) is 41.

Rapper Sean Kingston is 35.

Actor Brandon Micheal Hall (“God Friended Me”) is 32.

[Red Badger]

Carrot Cake Day!................

[musicman]

BTTT!!!

[UMCRevMom@aol.com]

I think carrot cake was invented by a Mom trying to get her kids to eat their vegetables! LOL

[Liz]

Classic Carrot Cake
Three-layered classic covered w/ cream cheese frosting for the perfect dessert.

Ing 2 c flour 2 tsp ea b/powder b/soda cinnamon ¾ tsp fine sea salt 3 cups grated carrots 1 cup coarse-chp nuts option 1 cup shredded coconut sweetened or unsweetened ½ cup moist, plump dark or golden raisins 2 cups sugar 1 cup canola oil 4 lge eggs

Frosting/Filling 1 batch homemade cream cheese frosting halved
Stir ½ cup shredded coconut sweetened or unsweetened into 1/2.

Cake Butter three 9×2" round cake pans, flour insides, tap out excess. Set aside. Whisk flour, b/powder, b/soda, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, stir carrots, chopped nuts, coconut, and raisins. Set aside. W/ stand mixer paddle attachment, or w/ hand mixer in a large bowl, beat smooth sugar and oil on med. Add eggs one by one, beating smooth after each. Reduce to low and add the flour mixture, just combine. Fold in carrot mixture. Divide evenly into pans.

Bake 325 deg 40-50 min, rotating pans just past the midway point, (done when pick in centers comes out clean). Cool in pans on racks 10 min, then loosen sides, place cakes back on cooling racks, right sides up, and cool completely. Can be wrapped airtight and kept at room temp overnight or frozen 2 months.

Assemble Place layer right-side up on cake plate. Tuck strips of parchment at cake edges to protect plate while frosting. Top layer with half of coconut frosting. Spatula smooth to edges. Place second layer upside down on top, add remaining coconut frosting, spreading to edges. Place the final layer right-side up. Frost top and sides. Garnish with toasted nuts or toasted coconut. Add frosting carrots and green tops w/ cake decorator. Chill 30 min to set frosting before serving.

[GreenLanternCorps]

[Red Badger]

Then where’s the Broccoli Cake?............😁

[Larry Lucido]

[SunkenCiv]

This should result in a big celebration in Albuquerque.

[dfwgator]

He should have made that left turn.

[Red Badger]

[dfwgator]

It’s “Left Toin at Albu-koi-kee!”