No Recipe, Just Pretty Cake

I was sworn to secrecy on this carrot cake recipe, but that shouldn't mean I don't get to share how pretty it came out!

I made this carrot cake with cream cheese frosting to celebrate a friend's birthday. Baking for my friends is something I love doing, and being able to do it during quarantine makes it even sweeter. The recipient of this cake I haven't known very long, but a natural, simple, beautiful cake was clearly what I needed to make for her! I was bummed when the co-op I went to didn't have any edible flowers for the top…but then I saw the dried pineapple rings and inspiration struck!

And thus this cake was born. I used a thrifted plate on a thrifted spice rack and a thrifted offset spatula to create this beauty! I placed it on a thrifted cake stand and ta-da! Happiest of birthdays, Lady Laura!