At the grocery store I was going down the cake and baking products aisle and I noticed a box mix for carrot cake by Duncan Hines. The photo on the front of the box looked extremely appealing, so on impulse I decided to buy a box and give it a try. I bought the mix last week but have not been in the mood for baking until today. So while the baby was napping this afternoon I decided to make up the carrot cake mix. It was supposed to be the complete mix – just add water, eggs and oil like all the other cake mixes. But I went ahead and added a quarter cup of chopped nuts and a cup of crushed pineapple to the batter, plus a little box of golden raisins that I had on hand.

Well, the cake is spectacular. Hubby loved it, and so do I.  I’ll be buying another box of that cake mix the next time I go shopping again!