Carrot Cake with Walnuts and Cream Cheese Frosting

 Yesterday was my husband Jim's birthday.  For his cake I decided to make this Carrot Cake from Falling Cloudberries by Tessa Kiros.  If you remember,I made cupcakes out of it last year for Jim's birthday.  What can I say, why mess with a good thing? Right?
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I do have another reason for making this cake.  I recently joined the "I heart Cooking Clubs" website and they just started a new chef for the next 6 months.  You guessed it....Tessa Kiros.  I adore Tessa and her beautiful cookbooks.  I've made a few of her dishes in the past, but I'm really excited to get to dive into her recipes in depth.  So far, my favorites have been the Swedish Meatballs, Banana Bread and of course the Carrot Cake.  

 

Tessa's cake is so easy to make and fun to put together whether you are doingcupcakes, sheet cake or a bundt like I did.  If you haven't heard of Tessa or looked at her gorgeous cookbooks.....you my friend are in for a treat!  Bornto a Finnish mother and a Greek-Cypriot father she has had a diverse up-bringing and it definitely shows in her cooking.  Her recipes range from Finnish, Greek, Italian, Cyprusian to South African.  
If your curious about Tessa, stay tuned.  I'll be making quite a few of her recipesin the next few months.....or better yet, come on over to IHCC and join us!

One year ago........Ham Fried Rice