The Feast!
As promised, here are some mouth-watering pictures of the small, but bountiful feast Pooky, my dad, stepmom, and I, enjoyed. Where's the turkey? I took a brief movie (2MB) movie of it as it cooked because it was just too special to try to capture it as "still life."
I will send anyone who would like the carrot cake recipe a copy, but I will not be responsible for any excessive caloric indulgences as a result of eating said cake. In other words, be sure to have plenty of people to share it with so those calories are spread around!
Yes, the circle of frosting carrots is lopsided! I have no cake decorating skills! Pooky says a carrot cake isn't a carrot cake unless it has frosting carrots on top, so I did my best. I think next time I'm going to make a design that looks like a crop circle, or maybe just one big carrot!

looks yummy! The tablecloth in pic 1 looks so decadent! As for cake decorating...you did a mahvelous job. Far better than I would do...
You table looks faboo!
OMG Lori that cake looks divine! If you are truly sharing the recipe, would you send me a copy? I adore carrot cake!!