Of all of the many reviews on the site for this recipe only a handful of people actually reviewed this recipe. Most changed the recipe and then, instead of submitting what was now a new recipe and reviewing that, posted a review based on the changes they made. This pretty much makes the review useless and frankly not very helpful. Since I wanted to review this recipe I actually made this recipe. It's a good carrot cake. Not the best I've ever had but pretty darned good. It could use a bit more spice. There. A real review of this recipe. Thanks to the small handful of others who actually reviewed this recipe as well.