As someone who is lactose intolerant you had me at the goat cheese....but then lost me at the cream cheese....pepper and other spices is a good thing!!

Yes, I wondered about that. Maybe just more goat cheese?

Interesting recipe!

The recipe I make is similar in that it has fruit and carrots...but the fruit I use is crushed pineapple and chopped dried apricots.....and only cinnamon for spice...interestingw ith the chocolate too. but then my recipe goes on to make a buttermilk glaze and pour it over the baked layers....upping the sweet/sugar content by a bunch...also the lactose. But it's very good!!...however makes me sick!!
Copying and pasting yours.

I love carrot cake! And the recipe really look interesting.

louiseab that looks like a wonderful recipe! I love banana cake, but this seems to go beyond that. Hmmmm... DH can't tolerate the taste of goat cheese - is it noticeable, or could I sub cream cheese for more of the icing so he might not notice it? I'd love it as is.

I don’t think he’d notice as there is some cream cheese as well. It’s hard to say, some palettes are more sensitive than others. Maybe try it and don’t tell him, then you can get an honest reaction rather than a preconceived idea?

Actually, upon thinking of course you could just use any other frosting, maybe just an all cream cheese frosting and it would be great too. The star of the recipe is the cake!

Linda, I didn’t know that, but it makes sense.

"Maybe try it and don’t tell him, then you can get an honest reaction rather than a preconceived idea?" I think I might try that... or use a smidgen less goat cheese. His palate isn't sensitive. He won't eat goat cheese on pizza, but that's pretty unadulterated.

Come to think of it, the goat cheese I'd buy in NM was fresh, and it never tasted as strong as the stuff I get here in the stores. Good point Linda.

I buy the fresh chevre rolls and it has very little taste. Actually one of my chief complaints about it . . . The herbed stuff is expensive. I've made fresh goat's milk cheese, it is easy. And bland.

l Pink, I can't even find goat's milk here : ( Perhaps when things slow down I can look for a source and make my own goat cheese. I think DH would be more inclined toward it then. I've yet to try my hand at cheese making, but sure would love to.