Sweet Melissa Sunday - Carrot cake with Cream cheese frosting

Well, I wasn't sure I could pull this off, working all weekend at Starbucks, and finding time to bake,  but I made it! "It" being the recipe for our Sweet Melissa Sunday group. The recipe being  Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. Chosen by Julie of Little Bit of Everything. Julie was one of my first followers and I keep up with her blog. I was excited to see her choice. I haven't met a carrot cake yet I didn't like. Some I have liked more than others. :) Please stop by Julie's blog to see what she thought of this cake and to get the recipe to try it for yourself. She has made some changes to her header and it's so pretty! You can tell her Susan sent you. :)

So. about this cake.  I baked the cake Saturday night, after dinner, after work. Left it on the counter to cool overnight and frosted it tonight after work. I decided to only bake 1/2 the recipe and to bake it in my 6 inch cake pans. My hubby isn't a carrot cake person, and I sure don't need an 8 inch round two layer cake sitting in my fridge calling to me late at night. "Hello...I'm in here...come cut a slice...you know you want to..." You know how it goes, right?  And, I didn't want to skip this week because I missed last week. So, I made it happen.

Pretty easy to put together. I did add the walnuts as I love nuts of all kinds in my baked goods. As I mentioned, I halved the recipe and baked it in 6 inch pans. I think I ended up baking it for about 35 minutes. It looked perfect when I took it out of the oven.

I didn't make the cream cheese icing because I actually had some cream cheese icing left over from another project. And it turned out to be just enough. I usually tort my cake layers, but, while I had enough frosting to ice the sides and tops, there was only enough to fill between one layer, not three. Had I baked the full size cake I would have torted it and made more icing. But, I didn't, so, I didn't. :)

The verdict? This is one delicious cake! I loved the walnuts scattered throughout. I also chopped some walnuts and sprinkled them over the top and on the sides. They added just the right amount of crunch. The cake was moist, cinnamon-y, delicious!  The hubby? He said, and I quote, "I'm not much for any carrot crap, but this is one good cake. I mean, really, really good."  Oh, and Patches? She gave it two paws up! I have a feeling the hubby is going to wish I had made the full sized recipe. I may wish the same thing. Good thing I have the book and can make another one any time I want.

If you want, slide by SMS and see what the other bakers thought of this cake. And, next week? It's my turn to pick!!! I hope you will come back then and see what I've baked up. :)