Favorite Cake

What is your favorite cake?  Chocolate? Red Velvet? The options are endless.  I always go for chocolate and peanut butter as my go to cake/ cupcake flavor.  Each year for my birthday I request the family recipe for Angel Food Cake with a Maple Cream Frosting.  My husband's favorite- carrot cake.  I love carrot cake too, maybe because I have never found a cake I don't like.  However, I don't think I would ever say carrot cake is my favorite.

That being said- MyRecipes.com's Best Carrot Cake, simply is that- the best carrot cake.
The cake is so moist and full of flavor! (The recipe is originally from Southern Living October 1997).

I follow the recipe pretty closely.  My changes: I used 1/2 C of sweetened coconut flakes from a bag.  I also add a little extra cinnamon.  My final change, is to reserve about 1 tsp of the pineapple juice to mix into the batter.  The cake is AMAZING.

When I made it this week for my husband's birthday, everyone said it was the best carrot cake they have ever eaten and the best one I have ever made.  I have tried other carrot cake recipes, but this has been my go to carrot cake since discovering it.

I do following this Cream Cheese frosting recipe that is linked to the cake.  I even use this cream cheese frosting for red velvet cake.

UPDATE: A version of my carrot cake was a finalist in the Herald Mail's Cupcake Contest.  You can view my complete recipe here and see the other finalists' recipes.