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Sheep Wagon Carrot Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Lacrenshaw / All my dishes 11 months, 3 weeks ago A carrot cake which Gerry999 at recipezaar says came across the country in covered wagons. A real pioneer tradition! Prep:25m Cook:120m Servings:12	Lacrenshaw
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Ingredients

1 1/3 cups sugar

1 1/3 cups water

1 1/3 carrots, finely grated

1 cup raisins

1 tablespoon butter

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cloves

1 cup nuts, chopped

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 teaspoon baking powder

Directions

Combine sugar, water, carrots, raisins, butter and spices in a saucepan.

Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Remove from heat, cover and allow to rest for 12 hours.

**Comment on original recipe: "the secret of this cake is to let the boiled ingredients stand for twelve hours. Gerry has always followed this step.

Preheat oven to 275 degrees F.

Add baking soda, mixing to dissolve.

Add the flour, salt and baking powder.

Lastly, fold in the nuts.

Pour batter into 2 well-greased loaf pans OR 1 tube pan.

Bake for 2 hours.

Remove from oven.

Cool.

Wrap.

**Gerry's notes: Keeps well. Yield depends on serving size.

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Comments

juels 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Love carrot cake, and this one sounds wonderful! Great combo of spices here.

goblue434 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Sounds Great.

dollhead 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Mmmmmmmmmm! Love a good carrot cake & love an OLD recipe even more! Thanks for the share.

dragonwings647 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Very interesting way to put it together. Sounds great. Thanks

zoetheunicorn 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
This is interesting, most carrot cake recipes ive come across have ass-loads ov oil in them! this is a nice change.

lacrenshaw 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
Wow! Thank you julia, blue, doll and dragon for finding merit in this recipe. I thought it was pretty interesting and well worth a try, too. Enjoy, my friends!
Lorraine

lacrenshaw 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
I have never had much luck with carrot cake and thought that this one sounded different. Thought I'd give it the old college try anyway, zoe. Let me know what you think if you try it!
Lorraine

minitindel 11 months, 3 weeks ago said:
How did i miss all of these i must of been day dreaming lol..........

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