Carrot Cake with Orange Frosting

Well my daughter Elizabeth is home from finishing her first year of Law School! We are so happy to have her home for 2 weeks. Tonight her friends came for dinner and it was so great to have all of the girls around the dinner table again. So when I asked her what she wanted for dessert to celebrate with her friends the answer was carrot cake…so carrot cake it is!

This carrot cake recipe has pineapple in it which makes it extra moist and gives it more flavour.  The raisins add texture as well as a little chew and of course you can’t have a great carrot cake without cinnamon- cinnamon just brings it to the next level.

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Kugelhopf

The first morning at camp after a long winter was sunny and warm. We had been anticipating this morning for weeks and it definitely lived up to our expectations.  After spending the first day shovelling a path to the door from the road, unloading groceries and getting the water running in the sleet and snow, today is all about enjoying the sunshine,the view and of course baking something for sure.
Now the sun has some warmth and the snow is melting and dripping off the roof. A fantastic day for a walk with my friend Lisa and her dog Trooper. Trooper and Tia are the best of buds, even though Tia is much older she tries to keep up.
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