I am not inclined towards complicated bakes, but Ambitious Younger Daughter wanted very much to bake a Celebration Cake for my Forever Young Mother’s birthday.
She designed the cake (4 layers with a hollowed out centre for berries), complete with the letter J for my Mother’s initial.
We used King Arthur Flour’s Sourdough Carrot Cake (reduced the sugar & omitted the coconut) to make an extremely more-ish cake with a cream cheese frosting.
This post is my contribution to The Last Photo for July 2020 hosted by Brian at BushboysWorld
All things bright and beautiful 
As we would say in Maine, that is some cake.
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Thanks Laurie! We echo the sentiment! I am quite amazed we pulled it off! Next time we make this carrot cake, it will be in a much simpler form!
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Happy belated birthday, Ju-Lyn. Such a wonderful birthday treat.
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Fabulous cake Ju-Lyn and 😀 thanks for joining in
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Thanks Brian! Thank you for hosting us!
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😁👍
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super cake, well done you two!
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We sure enjoyed eating it too! The pineapple was a yummy addition!
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That cake looks absolutely delicious! Yum!!!!
Deb
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Thanks Deb! It was yummy …. a little fiddlier & time-consuming that I am used to, but I will make it again but with less frills.
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Looks amazing! Carrot cake is one of my favourites!
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I didn’t realise that Carrot Cake was a favourite among so many of us! Apparently the recipe I followed is a Carrot Cake variation called a Hummingbird (includes pineapple & coconut – although I did omit the coconut).
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That looks wonderfully rich!
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It was a fun cake to eat – but the pineapple really lightened it and made it very fun!
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Oh yum!! Sourdough carrot cake and cream cheese frosting. And it looks beautiful.
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Thank so much Su!
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Looks delicious and so kind! Well done, Ambitious Younger Daughter!
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I like having children who bake with/for me! They make goodies which I would never try otherwise!
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Same! Minus the part about having children bake for me. Just, I would very much like that b/c I wouldn’t do it myself! 🙂
P.S. I noticed the frosting–a true dessert. 😉
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Thank you for noticing the frosting, Betsy – often for me, the frosting comes first!
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As well it should!
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