Carrot Cake - Recipe from Wanda's Pie in the Sky Cookbook

This is the best carrot cake recipe.  I realize this is a bold statement, and I firmly stick by it.  It is from the Wanda's Pie in the Sky cookbook which has amazing recipes all around.  Please do not deviate from the recipe because every single ingredient is very important.

Note:  This recipe makes 2 cakes.  You are actually supposed to layer the cakes I think, but I never do.

C=cup, T=tbsp, t=tsp

Cake
4 eggs
1  1/4 C sugar
1 1/2 C oil
1/2 C orange liqueur
1 t vanilla
2 1/2 C flour
2 t baking powder
1 1/2 t baking soda
1 t salt
1 t nutmeg
1 t cinnamon
2 C grated carrots
1 C crushed pineapple
3/4 C broken walnuts
1 C coconut flakes
1 C raisins

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease 2 cake pans.  Use electric mixer and beat eggs and sugar until pale and creamy.  Add oil, liqueur, vanilla and beat until well combined.  Add flour, baking power, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.  Add to egg mixture.  Stir in carrots, pineapple, walnuts, coconut, raisins.  Pour batter into pans.  Bake 25-30min (may take longer than this - poke with toothpick to see if ready).

Frosting - Make only 1/2 of this recipe!!!
1 1/2 C cream cheese, softened
1/2 C butter, softened
5 C icing sugar
1/2 t almond extract
1 t vanilla
1 T orange zest
1 T lemon juice

Use electric mixer and beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth.  Add icing sugar, almond extract, vanilla, orange zest.  Beat until smooth and creamy.  Add lemon juice and beat until light and fluffy.  Spread on cake (after cake has cooled). 

Enjoy!!!  (Especially for breakfast).  :)