Coffee Bean & Tea leaf: Grandma’s carrot cake

February 27, 2009 | 21 Comments

Ah ma! Ah ma! I want another slice of that. The brownish-orange cake with the smooth cream frosting on top. What is that name again? Yes, carrot cake. Another slice please, before kor-kor comes back from school. Time passed, and ages caught up with us eventually. Ah ma is no longer as young as she was before. And the energy, effort put into making the kuehs, also diminished with every passing day.

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Coffee Bean’s carrot cake isn’t the best carrot cake that I’ve. But then again, I didn’t have that many before to compare it with. And yes, I know I haven’t try the legendary one from Cedele yet. Anyway, even though the cream frosting was generous, but the raisins were too much for my personal liking. And the No-study sign is a joke.

Coffee Bean & Tea leaf
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#01-01 Guthrie House

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21 Responses to “Coffee Bean & Tea leaf: Grandma’s carrot cake”

  1. Evan
    February 27th, 2009 @ 1:07 am

    haha, grandma = angmoh grandma, not chinese one la. which chinese grandma noe how to make this type except the chai tow kway maybe!

    i used to like cedele until i tried the one from prive. its really nice la (at least i find it so). when u go prive again u must try the carrot cake k! :D

  2. Nate
    February 27th, 2009 @ 3:04 am

    I’ve never had a good carrot cake. Perhaps because I had bad carrot cakes early on and subsequently pass on all others that I come across.

  3. ladyironchef
    February 27th, 2009 @ 10:19 am

    evan: hahaha there might have some very hip grandmas who know how to make this type ma! aiyoh. lol! yeah gonna try the prive carrot cake that u have been raving about.

    nate: oh i see. Personally i haven’t try very good ones yet, but the cream frosting is enough to make me try more. haha

  4. Sihan
    February 27th, 2009 @ 10:56 am

    heeh. and i’ll be one of those hip grandmas who makes the all american carrot cake next time. *sheesh*.. i don’t think tattoos age well though. haha. I wanna try the prive carrot cake too!

  5. ladyironchef
    February 27th, 2009 @ 12:39 pm

    sinny: yeah you certainly meet the requirement. hahahahah! but it is still a far way from being a grandma la! lol

  6. layla
    February 28th, 2009 @ 3:22 am

    i honestly haven’t tried ANY carrot cake before.. the name just kind of make me not want to eat it =x haha!

  7. Shanna
    February 28th, 2009 @ 4:13 pm

    haha! I lovee carrot cake (: however I think that the one at coffee bean is totally not worth the money. it’s too sweet and I got quite sick of it halfway through. the cedele one is much better.

  8. ladyironchef
    February 28th, 2009 @ 8:21 pm

    layla: oh mine. you should try it, at least once. haha! it’s not as bad as you thought, maybe just go and have cedele’s one.

    shanna: hahaha! yeah i dont like the raisins in it. haven try that many carrot cakes, need to go explore :)

  9. Evan
    February 28th, 2009 @ 9:48 pm

    oh u don’t like raisins? :( prive one has lots in there haha, particularly why i like it i guess. but all carrot cake got raisins what!

  10. ladyironchef
    March 1st, 2009 @ 6:41 pm

    evan: hmm, no leh, not all carrot cakes got raisins one what!

  11. diva
    March 2nd, 2009 @ 1:22 am

    my girlfriend use to bang on for hours about how gd this was and then i found the perfect recipe that totally outdid all the carrot cakes i’ve tried so far, all thanks to Ina Garten. check it out if you fancy baking ;) we don’t have coffee bean & tea leaf here, but eat. (the sandwich chain) does a fine slab of carrot cake! x

    divas last blog post..Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

  12. Laura
    March 3rd, 2009 @ 7:02 pm

    It’s satisfying and best of all, cheap so to sum it up, value-for-money – The Soup Spoon.

  13. ladyironchef
    March 3rd, 2009 @ 10:36 pm

    diva: wow! your carrot cake must be divine, can i have a slice? hahaha

    laura: yeah it’s cheap for that big slice of cake.

  14. foodaholic
    March 8th, 2009 @ 3:36 pm

    they carrot cake at coffee bean used to be meaner! Now, their slices are getting smaller. :/

    foodaholics last blog post..Icecream Chefs @ East Coast Road 2

  15. ladyironchef
    March 8th, 2009 @ 3:56 pm

    foodaholics: hahaha its recession now. lol!

  16. LiLian
    March 9th, 2009 @ 11:01 pm

    So sad to see bad reviews of CB’s carrot cake. I <3 it a lot! I actually tried Cedele’s before but did not like it as much. I think it has spices?? Can’t remember exactly but I agree, the cream layer is delish!

    LiLians last blog post..Coffee Bean HV 09 March 09

  17. ladyironchef
    March 11th, 2009 @ 5:52 pm

    lilian: hahaha everybody got different taste bud, dont worry about so much! haha. i haven tried cedele one before. Oh mine

  18. loop
    March 16th, 2009 @ 3:46 pm

    My favourite is the one at Cedele. Coffee Bean is only good for their breakfast sets.

  19. ladyironchef
    March 16th, 2009 @ 10:09 pm

    loop: yeah i haven try the cedele one yet. omg!

  20. Steve
    July 15th, 2009 @ 5:58 pm

    For those of you who love carrot cake then why don’t you give Calendar’s carrot cake a try? It is the best!

  21. ladyironchef
    July 15th, 2009 @ 10:51 pm

    steve: hello yes i heard about calendar’s carrot cake, will try next time :)

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