Carrot Cake!

It's been a crazy couple of weeks, but I have been cooking! While my Australia boys were in town, I was inspired by a Food Network show to make a carrot cake. Lo and behold, I had a bag of carrots in my fridge that were dying to be eaten. Especially eaten in a delicious, moist cake.

I used the Best Carrot Cake Recipe Ever because I felt like I could really throw a fit if it wasn't, in fact, the best carrot cake ever. Unfortunately, it was delicious.

It was super easy to make - from grating the carrots, to mashing up the pineapple, only taking maybe 15 minutes tops. Which was good since I had guests.

I ended up not adding the raisins for walnuts - for no reason except we didn't have any.

Even the frosting I had to improvise on. Without cream cheese, I couldn't create the traditional cream cheese frosting. Instead, I combined butter, powdered sugar, and a good amount of cinnamon to create a basic frosting.



As a frosting expert, I have to say, adding the cinnamon really enhanced the flavor. After some ample 'chef taste testing,'  I'm surprise there was any left for the cake!

Of course, once the cake was out, I couldn't wait to put on the frosting. As soon as the frosting hit the cake, it started melting. This could have been HORRIBLE! But instead, it looked really nice and basically frosted itself. All in all, this was my first carrot cake and will not be my last.

Bon App-Alysse!