Cast Iron Carrot Cake for Toni Morrison

[@ttowntrekker5174]

You inspired me to celebrate the same! Made my first cake it my Lodge Bundt cake pan. Followed your prep steps and it came out beautifully!

[@castironchaos]

Congratulations!

[@radagast6682]

This is a good reason to make a carrot cake.

[@mizfrenchtwist]

hey e. this is too cool , i remember reading TM back in the day..........this brings back lots of memories . the cake is beautiful , thank you , for your thoughtful consideration , great job thank you , for sharing🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰..................

[@marksieber4626]

Great job

[@dpelpal]

If you surrender to the carrot cake, you can ride it.☺

[@mrsliver45]

Respect!!

[@KellyS_77]

My hometown is the same one where Morrison grew up. I read "Beloved" as an adult and recognized a lot of the settings and also attitudes of the characters in her book, they hadn't changed much from when she wrote the book to when I was a kid growing up there (it's different now, but the reasons behind that are complex). I never really understood why we didn't read her works in high school (even in the Honors English classes). Then I read the book and I figured it out. It's incredibly graphic and unfortunately was still the reality for a lot of the students in the class. "Trigger warnings" weren't a thing back in the 90's but the content of this wouldve been very uncomfortable for kids to read. (Specifically the kids for whom it mirrored their home life.) Do I think it should be "banned"? No. It should be in the public library and probably the High School library and maybe Junior High. It's probably not appropriate for elementary age kids, due to the reading level and subject matter. I think the subjects are too close to home life for some kids, especially in her hometown. So I do understand why it wasn't part of the curriculum. To be honest, I can't remember if it was in our high school library, but I'm sure it was in the public library especially after it was renamed for her.