We have a family birthday coming-up and it is fall so to celebrate I decided to make my great Aunt’s amazing carrot cake recipe!

They are full of goodies including real carrots, pineapple, chopped nuts, and coconut (although the coconut isn’t overwhelming, so don’t shy away you anti-coconut folk)!

Here is the carrot-cake recipe and frosting – I knew 4 people wouldn’t eat a cake so I decided to make them into cupcakes, however I didn’t have cupcake liners and they were impossible to get out of the pan (as you can see below), so if you do that I would recommend cupcake liners!  Of course the best part may be the cream cheese frosting!