Ina Garten revealed in her memoir "Be Ready When The Luck Happens" that she's learned one step that is "critical to making a perfect carrot cake" -- and that's to grate the carrots by hand.

So when I came across Ina's Carrot Cake with Ginger Mascarpone Frosting, I was sold—but not $100 sold. Let me explain. Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa online shop (on the food retailer Goldbelly ...

Ina’s Giant Coconut Cupcakes on Goldbelly Though Ina sold her Barefoot Contessa specialty store in the Hamptons back in the mid-'90s, some of her most beloved treats, including her signature carrot ...