Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

It is Birthday time here!  

My Cousin's daughter Emily is here for 4 weeks and we get to celebrate her 22nd Birthday!

Her requested menu was:

Grilled chicken

Mashed Pototoes

Broccoli

Gravy

Carrot Cake 

So here is the Carrot Cake!
Emily and I ended up planting my flowerbeds today.
We also had 5 little ones here throughout the day. Lots of fun!
So..... Cake decorating took a back seat!
It tasted yummy though!!!

Carrot Cake:

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix together eggs, sugar and oil.  Stir in carrots and nuts.
4 eggs
2 cups white sugar
1 1/4 cup canola oil
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup nuts, walnuts, pecans

Add following and mix until moist and all dry ingredients are combined.

2 cups white flour (I replaced some with spelt flour)
2 tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda

Spray a 9x13 baking pan with pam spray.
Pour batter into cake pan.
Bake for 50-55 minutes.
When you insert a toothpick in the center,  make sure it comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool.

Frosting:

Betty Crocker's delicious Cream Cheese Frosting!
A few chocolate chips and colored icing I had leftover from Alabama's cake.
Candles and wa la!
I like making everything homemade, but sometimes it just doesn't happen!