Carrot Cake & Easter Eggs

As you can probably tell, due to my lack of blogging, Spring Break was crazy! Isa came home sick her first day back and was home for 3 days. So, things are back to normal ( if there is such a thing) and now i have to catch up. Easter was family time and the best easter eggs. Why did we not have Star Wars eggs when we were kids? My boys loved Darth& Isa stuck to her pink and flowers.
I was planning on posting all these great breakfast recipes during spring break. I still plan on posting but, I have to post the best carrot cake ever. I love carrot cake and this cake is often requested for family gatherings and birthdays. ( My mom just took it to a church party and it was the fav) I posted the picture of Greg's Abuelo's recent 90th birthday as carrot cake is one of their favorites and they loved it. Food, family and the memories made around the two really make Life Delish! Enjoy!!

CARROT CAKE

3 c. all-purpose flour

2 ½ c sugar

1 Tbsp. baking soda

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

4 large eggs

1 ½ c. salad oil

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 c. packed shredded carrots

2 c. chopped walnuts

1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple with juice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 10-inch round cake pans. In a large bowl with a spoon, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

In a small bowl with a fork, beat eggs slightly. Stir in salad oil, and vanilla. Stir egg mixture, shredded carrots, walnuts and crushed pineapple into flour mixture just until flour is moistened.

Pour batter into pans. Bake 40-45 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Cool cake pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pans, and cool completely on the racks.

When cake is cool frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Cream Cheese Frosting

In a large bowl, with mixer at a medium speed, beat 2- 8 oz packages of cream cheese (softened), ½ c. butter (softened), 1 Tbsp lemon juice and 1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract, until smooth.

Gradually beat in 5 ½ c. powdered sugar until smooth.(Add more cream cheese or powdered sugar if it needs to be thicker)