Originally posted January 30, 2012

Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake by car2ngrl

At a used book sale, I found a jewel -- the "Holy Redeemer's Mothers' Club Kitchen Kapers". It's hard to tell when these yellowed pages where actually printed. The local ads inside have a combination of 7 digit phone numbers and the old telephone exchange numbers.

Having carrots on hand, I figured I've give this carrot cake recipe a try. This recipe was submitted by Mrs. Helen Genuser. The resulting loaf was a dark, flavorful cake; the nutmeg/allspice/cloves providing a definite bite.

Ingredients

  • 1-1/3 cup sugar
  • 1-1/3 cup water
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 3 medium carrots, grated
  • 1 cup raisins
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 teaspoon cloves
  • DRY INGREDIENTS:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup nuts (optional)
1 loaf

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 and grease & flour a loaf pan.

Combine all but the dry ingredients in a saucepan and boil for 5 minutes. Cool.

Stir in the dry ingredients then pour into the loaf pan.

Bake for an hour.

1-1/4 hour

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  • commented about 12 years ago

    As I ponder further about this loaf, I think when I try this recipe again I may half the cloves. I think it was a tad too dominate of a flavor.

Adapted from

Mrs. Genuser -- "Holy Redeemer's Mothers' Club Kitchen Kapers"

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