Deluxe Cream Cheese Frosting

Of course the best part of any carrot cake... :)

• 1/2 cup of butter, softened
• 1 (8 oz.) package of cream cheese, softened
• 1 (16 oz.) package of powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 1 cup of chopped pecans
• 1 cup of flaked coconut

Combine butter and cream cheese; cream until light and fluffy. Add sugar and vanilla, mixing well. Stir in pecans and coconut.

Yield: enough for one 3-layer cake [barely]

My changes to this recipe: I toasted the pecans in a little butter and sugar to sort of candy them before stirring them in. I also couldn't bring myself to put the coconut in. I think those are the only changes I made though.