to think carrot cake should have walnuts in it, not raisins?

[MardyBra]

Raisins are like soggy rabbit droppings.

And I like a bit of crunch.

YABU - carrot cake should have carrots in it.

I'd expect both

YABU. I like raisins more than walnuts. I have to pick them out of carrot cake.

Well obviously carrots too. And I like those little carrot things on the top to show that it's carrot cake.

YABU, as it should be sultanas AND walnuts.

Raisins are awful, so on that YANBU.

YADNBU.

YANBU about the raisins, but YABU wanting it to have walnuts. HTH :)

Maybe they were sultanas that I had earlier. They all get classified as "dried fruit hell".

Are you sure it wasn't currants?

Nah, neither. I add mixed nuts!

Ewww currants

YANBU, I've just eaten a carrot cake with vanilla frosting and raisins. Was very odd and just a bit wrong

I prefer sultanas to raisins.

But definitely has to have nuts in.

Currants raisins and sultanas vile vile vile shouldn't be in any damn cake!!!

YABU. Carrot cake shouldn't have any fruit or nuts in at all, just carrots and the other ingredients that make up a cake.

Carrots , coconut, raisins and chopped walnuts on top of frosting IMHO :)

YABU.It should have neither. Raisins and walnuts are vile.

Yanbu. I dislike it when dried fruit has been added. Also pineapple, I'm surprised how often that seems to be present too.

I am about to make some chocolate brownie with cherries in that were previously used to make cherry vodka.

Thought you'd like to know :)

I have always put lightly toasted walnuts in the cream cheese frosting on top of mine but I leave the cakes plain, no raisins or anything else.

I've never got it about carrot cake. The topping / middle is always so sweet I end up feeling queasy.

I'd be upset if it didn't have walnuts on top at least. Sultanas are usual I think.

Hungry now

The best filling for carrot cake imo is canolli filling made with ricotta and just a little sugar. Otherwise you will OD on sugar. That is if you must make layers -- a sheet cake suits the rustic style of the carrot cake better.

May I take the opportunity to ask what the proper, biological difference is between sultanas, raisins and currents? I've always wondered

I love carrot cake. It's the best cake in the world.