Mom's Birthday Cake

My mom's favorite cake is carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Today we celebrated her birthday, and even though I don't personally like carrot cake, I love her so I made it for her. I made the 3-layer cake and frosting all by myself, and decorated it with the help of my aunt. I used a cake decorating tip to finish it, and I like making it look really pretty when it's all decorated. I put candles on top in the shape of 40, cuz that's how old my mom is.

The recipes I used are adapted from a recipe I found on the Food Network website, here

Pictures taken by my oldest sister:
You can see the thinner middle layer, and the piping around the outer top edge of the cake. Happy birthday mom!