Win ‘The Carrot Cake Catastrophe’ Children’s Book

Jan 10, 2014 | Competitions.

“Grandad put on his glasses, the kind that made writing clear, but everything else rather blurry.”

The Carrot Cake Catastrophe is by Elizabeth Dale and Gemma Raynor and published by Parragon. Grandad and Jenny rabbit decide to make a carrot cake as a special surprise for Jenny’s Mummy’s birthday. With Grandad in charge of finding the ingredients, and wearing blurry glasses you can imagine what goes wrong! Soap instead of butter, salt instead of sugar, sadly the cake doesn’t turn out well. The story has a lovely positive ending though, with Jenny surprising her Mum anyway, and everyone getting cake.

Wonder Girl really likes this book, having helped me bake she can identify with it. We’ve read it every day this week! The illustrations are adorable, the story is fun and at the end you even get a recipe to make your own carrot cake which I’m sure we’ll try soon.

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117 Comments

ian on January 10, 2014 at 2:57 pm

apple pie for me
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Claire Howard on January 10, 2014 at 3:22 pm

Chocolate cake
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Stephanie Tsang on January 10, 2014 at 3:34 pm

Sponge cake with fresh cream and strawberries
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Lauren on January 10, 2014 at 4:05 pm

Carrot cake is my fave!
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tracy nixon on January 10, 2014 at 4:33 pm

I love a vanilla buttercream!
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suan watts on January 10, 2014 at 4:43 pm

chocolate cake
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Francesca Tuck on January 10, 2014 at 5:07 pm

Lemon drizzle cake
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laura banks on January 10, 2014 at 5:44 pm

chocolate fudge cake
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Stacey Tripconey on January 10, 2014 at 5:57 pm

Chocolate 🙂
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anthony harrington on January 10, 2014 at 6:03 pm

lemon sponge cake
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clair downham on January 10, 2014 at 6:30 pm

maderia cake
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julie laing on January 10, 2014 at 7:04 pm

carrot cake with loads of cream cheese frosting
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Rachel Craig on January 10, 2014 at 7:05 pm

Carrot Cake.
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ashleigh on January 10, 2014 at 7:14 pm

either chocolate fudge cake or carrot cake!
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Monika S on January 10, 2014 at 8:23 pm

chocolate sponge cake
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aj on January 10, 2014 at 8:52 pm

I actually love carrot cake
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Jo Jones on January 10, 2014 at 9:23 pm

Battenburg
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claire WOODS on January 10, 2014 at 9:37 pm

Chocolate
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Tasha Corder on January 10, 2014 at 9:40 pm

Lemon drizzle cake!
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Sarah Parkin on January 10, 2014 at 10:26 pm

Cheese Cake!
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Jill Webb on January 10, 2014 at 10:30 pm

carrot cake with loads of cream cheese frosting for me yummy
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abby carroll on January 10, 2014 at 11:10 pm

Carrot and walnut cake with lots of cream cheese , could eat loads lol
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Catherine Culmer on January 10, 2014 at 11:40 pm

Victoria Sponge with raspberry jam inside
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clair dutton on January 10, 2014 at 11:50 pm

carrot cake
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katie skeoch on January 10, 2014 at 11:53 pm

Chocolate fudge cake
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Robyn Logan Clarke on January 11, 2014 at 12:09 am

Chocolate mayonnaise cake
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Carolin on January 11, 2014 at 1:10 am

I love my Nan’s plum crumble cake x
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emmavn79@yahoo.co.uk on January 11, 2014 at 6:54 am

cheesecake 🙂
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sarah fleck on January 11, 2014 at 7:39 am

Battenberg cake.
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kim neville on January 11, 2014 at 8:58 am

Double chocolate cake
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Hazel Christopher on January 11, 2014 at 10:22 am

Vanilla sponge with buttercream
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Sarah Ottley on January 11, 2014 at 10:46 am

Apple and sultana cake
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katrina day-reilly on January 11, 2014 at 10:50 am

death by chocolate cake
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Samantha R on January 11, 2014 at 11:40 am

cheese cake
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judith eddington on January 11, 2014 at 12:27 pm

carrot cake
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emma falvi on January 11, 2014 at 4:06 pm

it has to be homemade chocolate
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Jo Glasspool on January 11, 2014 at 4:27 pm

Chocolate cake. x
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Jo Glasspool on January 11, 2014 at 4:28 pm

Chocolate cake. for me x
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Christine Caple on January 11, 2014 at 6:14 pm

Chocolate cake
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Laura Pritchard on January 11, 2014 at 7:14 pm

Chocolate cake!
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Kay panayi on January 11, 2014 at 7:27 pm

Chocolate cake x
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Angela M - Garden Tea Cakes and Me on January 11, 2014 at 8:51 pm

Chocolate cake for me!

Angela
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Patricia Whittaker on January 11, 2014 at 8:59 pm

I love Lemon Drizzle Cake best
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Danielle Stewart on January 11, 2014 at 9:18 pm

carrot cake!
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Tina Holmes on January 11, 2014 at 9:39 pm

Carrot cake yum
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Nicola Biven on January 11, 2014 at 10:04 pm

Lemon Drizzle cake !!
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CHRISTINE ANDREWS on January 11, 2014 at 10:12 pm

sorry to be repetitive…………………chocolate cake
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Kirsten Barthy on January 11, 2014 at 10:23 pm

Cheesecake
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Amanda Hart on January 11, 2014 at 11:51 pm

Lemon cake for me 🙂
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Ruth Harwood on January 12, 2014 at 1:47 pm

Cheesecake.
It has to be, no contest…
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kelliflanagan@hotmail.co.uk on January 12, 2014 at 1:52 pm

London Cheesecake
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Val swift on January 12, 2014 at 5:42 pm

Victoria Sponge
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Tammy Tudor on January 12, 2014 at 6:10 pm

chocolate fudge 🙂
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gemma clark on January 12, 2014 at 8:41 pm

chocolate!
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Rebecca Murphy on January 13, 2014 at 11:17 am

Black Forest gateau does it for me! I like the cream, the cherries and – of course – the chocolate!
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Mickie Bull on January 13, 2014 at 9:37 pm

Lemon Sponge
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Kat Lucas on January 14, 2014 at 3:19 am

Red Velvet with Cream cheese frosting
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clinthowat81@googlemail.com on January 14, 2014 at 6:30 pm

Carrot cake is my fave!
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jenny paulin on January 14, 2014 at 11:36 pm

oooooh toughie for me as i like almost all cakes but right now i would say a carrot cake with a cream cheese frosting and filling x
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K Mayers on January 15, 2014 at 2:14 pm

Walnut or cheesecake. I am partial to a blueberry muffin too!
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Hannah ONeill on January 15, 2014 at 8:02 pm

Banana and walnut
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Daisy Craydon on January 16, 2014 at 6:42 am

Rocky Road!!!
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Sarah Rees on January 17, 2014 at 4:47 pm

Chocolate cake, with chocolate filling and chocolate icing with chocolate sprinkles and a flake on top 🙂
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Holly S on January 18, 2014 at 4:27 pm

Honeycomb cheesecake
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Solange on January 18, 2014 at 4:33 pm

Chocolate
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esme mccrubb on January 18, 2014 at 8:56 pm

CHOCOLATE
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Iram Mahmood on January 19, 2014 at 4:32 pm

I like a Sponge cake with fresh cream and jam. 🙂
Just thinking about it is giving me a craving.
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Janice Mackin on January 19, 2014 at 6:19 pm

Chocolate cake.
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Tanya Boyce on January 19, 2014 at 6:46 pm

Coffee cake
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Pippa Saunders on January 19, 2014 at 10:39 pm

Has to be a lemon sponge
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Emma Wolski on January 20, 2014 at 6:50 pm

Battenburg
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Tina Holmes on January 20, 2014 at 7:00 pm

Chocolate mmmmm
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Karen R on January 20, 2014 at 8:29 pm

I love carrot cake 🙂
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Jo Wakefield on January 20, 2014 at 8:54 pm

White Chocolate and Guiness cake. mmmmmm
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Emma Ellison on January 20, 2014 at 9:43 pm

Chocolate fudge cake
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Natalie Crossan on January 21, 2014 at 12:40 am

Carrot cake 🙂
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melanie sears on January 21, 2014 at 9:50 am

cheesecake
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Kay Lou Smith on January 21, 2014 at 11:35 am

Chocolate Fudge Cake 🙂
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Kerry Locke on January 21, 2014 at 1:31 pm

Red Velvet with cream cheese frosting is my downfall xx
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hannah on January 21, 2014 at 1:57 pm

Lemon cake
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Emily Knight on January 21, 2014 at 6:00 pm

Carrot cake – with plenty of cream cheese frosting!
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mrsphipps@sky.com on January 21, 2014 at 10:03 pm

Cheesecake (New York style!)
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Katherine Coldicott on January 22, 2014 at 10:19 am

Orange & Almond Cake
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Gillian Hutchison on January 22, 2014 at 11:17 am

I love coconut cake or toffee apple cake 🙂
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Rebecca Taylor on January 22, 2014 at 11:21 am

Banana Cake 🙂
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Ann MacLean Fleming on January 22, 2014 at 11:25 am

battenburg
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Gary Topley on January 22, 2014 at 12:23 pm

Victoria Sponge x
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Hayley Todd on January 22, 2014 at 12:45 pm

My absolute favourite is Devil’s Food Cake x
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Donna Clinton on January 22, 2014 at 1:23 pm

Cheesecake
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Jennifer Rhymer on January 22, 2014 at 1:54 pm

Warm melting chocolate fudge cake with ice cream 🙂
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Jo-Anne holton on January 22, 2014 at 2:37 pm

chocolate!!!!
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Helen Talboys on January 22, 2014 at 3:22 pm

Victoria sponge 🙂
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Janine Atkin on January 22, 2014 at 4:54 pm

i love chocolate sponge cake
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Maria Jane Knight on January 22, 2014 at 5:45 pm

Carrot cake all the way for me….those delicious spices in a moist sticky cake….yum!!
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Vera Bahounkova on January 22, 2014 at 5:52 pm

apple pie
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Catherine Miller on January 22, 2014 at 6:06 pm

ALL types! Although might have to say Christmas cake!
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Kathryn Tatters on January 22, 2014 at 8:13 pm

I love Carrot Cake or Chocolate Cake well actually all cake lol
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cathyj on January 22, 2014 at 8:27 pm

chocolate of course!
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Mark Palmer on January 22, 2014 at 9:16 pm

Coffee cake
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Leigh Larkin on January 22, 2014 at 9:23 pm

Lemon Drizzle or chocolate
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Diana on January 22, 2014 at 9:46 pm

Apple cake 🙂
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Lisa Wilkinson on January 22, 2014 at 9:50 pm

Vanilla Cheesecake
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Lani Nash on January 22, 2014 at 9:51 pm

Carrot cake!
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stephanie campbell on January 22, 2014 at 10:32 pm

lemon drizzle cake! 🙂
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keshia hughes on January 22, 2014 at 10:33 pm

fudge cake
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joannewelsh76@hotmail.com on January 22, 2014 at 11:13 pm

Caramel cake. Yum.
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Joanna Sawka on January 22, 2014 at 11:18 pm

I love cheesecake
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Rachel Gilbey on January 23, 2014 at 12:46 am

Chocolate Mousse Cake
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Leanne Bell on January 23, 2014 at 10:24 am

Chocolate fudge cake
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Jayne B on January 23, 2014 at 11:05 am

Love black forest gateau
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Keith H on January 23, 2014 at 1:41 pm

Apple Tart
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Sarah Parker on January 23, 2014 at 3:36 pm

chocolate
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sian hallewell on January 23, 2014 at 7:56 pm

Lemon poppy cake
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jodie harvey on January 23, 2014 at 8:01 pm

chocolate 🙂
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June Gaynor on January 23, 2014 at 8:48 pm

Victoria Sponge
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Holly Boyd on January 23, 2014 at 9:28 pm

Carrot Cake, although if pies are included, cherry pie with hot custard, nom nom nom
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Kel Ellen Hirst on January 23, 2014 at 11:52 pm

Lemon drizzle cake
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