Sorry, I cannot accept carrots and cake in one sentence. The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear carrot cake is the joke about the rabbit constantly bugging the bear (which was running the confectionery in the woods) asking if they had a carrot cake. After the bear finally deciding to make one just for the rabbit the rabbit exclaims "It's quite disgusting, isn't it?" Also I just found out how difficult is to translate in English some jokes that you know in Bulgarian :)
As far as I know, in the States you prefer the pancakes to be quite thick. I was wondering if you have tried the pancakes that we make here in Bulgaria - they are really thin and much less of a cake ;) And the common recipe for the batter is a lot easier - flour, eggs, milk, maybe butter. The key part is that each one can be with individual flavour - you just put whatever you want on the pancake and then roll it. It can be salty - having them with cheese is quite common - or sweet - with any kind of jam or even honey. If you haven't tried I would strongly recommend to do it. If you have I would like to hear your thoughts on the subject ;)
Also you mentioned google reader - care to share your shares? :) Or you don't really share and is just for personal use? Anyway, you should be able to see my email that goes with the comment and feel free to add me to the reader or at least send me a mail with your account for me to follow it ;)