My quest for that Perfect and THE Best Carrot Cake ends here! I have tried at least 8 carrot cake recipes till date. I know each and everyone of us have a different palate. With that in mind, mine always had some fault or the other to find with the recipes I tried. Ditto for my other half - "Too rich", "Too sweet"," Too crumbly","Is that really a carrot cake? Where is the carrot? ","Wholesome, too healthy tasting (read as "blech") carrot cake", etc etc. You get the idea. Agreed that we dont like too much sweet but some were too saccharine sweet with a generous dollop of overly sweet frosting that one bite, all I wanted was to spit it out pronto! But at last - I hit the nail with this one. I got it from the adorable  neighbor I spoke about earlier, who gave me this recipe from this Book called The New Basics. It is everything I wanted a Carrot cake to be.

Moderately sweet , moist with that coconut and nuts combo playing merry in your mouth! Its perfect example of harmony of ingredients. The pineapple is subtle and the carrot never tasted better to me. If you like it more sweet, then this Cream Cheese Frosting is a MUST for you. Its sweet, its rich and its to die for and it works perfectly well with this cake.  This makes a generous portion and you can easily halve it.  This classic version for once is the BEST tasting too. Don't take my word for it - give it a try. Its very easy to put together. Don't go by the pic cos this cake though not at all photogenic is worth every little crumb and tastes wayyyyyy better than it looks! Yes, appearances can be deceptive indeed :)