If you have a sweet tooth then this apple-carrot-raisin cake with a load of cinnamon thrown in for good measure is one for you. It's another of my dug out and re-found vintage recipes - one found among a group of Detroit Free Press newspaper recipe clippings. While this is one undated, the rest all dated from the 1970's so I'm throwing caution to the wind and dating this to the same age.
As in it's description it's very much a pudding cake, it's moist and sweet and with the nutmeg and cinnamon has a festive feel for this time of year. While it only calls for 1/4 of a cup of butter (or marg) the apples and the carrots keep it amazingly moist even though it looks like sawdust before you place it into the oven.
It's one of those awesome bakes that doesn't take too long to put together (bar all the cutting up) and you can happily got watch your favorite show while it bakes away. I love how crispy the sugary lemon juice glaze makes it and finishes it off perfectly.
So if you're all fed up of Christmas cake, and pudding and have some left over carrots, give this a go and let me know how it turns out!
So if you're all fed up of Christmas cake, and pudding and have some left over carrots, give this a go and let me know how it turns out!
I do hate Christmas cake... too rich and I'm not a fan of alcohol in my cakes, I might give this ago.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, are you sure about the flour? Or shall I consult you mid baking haha ;)
Consult me when you're part way through baking it, but make sure i'm on the road to, so you have to guess and wing it!
Delete"Apple-carrot-raisin cake with a load of cinnamon"? Sounds too delicious, I don't even know what to do with myself... Yum :)
ReplyDeleteAnything with a lot of cinnamon in my book is always a winner!
DeleteThat cake sounds amazing.
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It tastes as amazing as it sounds.
DeleteI love how they worded things back then! This sounds really good!
ReplyDeleteI love how short and simple a lot of the recipes were worded back then - straight and to the point is how I like my recipes!
Deleteoh my-- that looks so scrumps! I love cake sweetened with fruit!
ReplyDeleteFruity cakes are always a fav of mine, even though they are hated as much as they are loved by many!
DeleteIt sounds delicious!!
ReplyDeleteSo it is, certainly a recipe i'm going to be making again!
DeleteYum! I have saved it, but I still have your spiced loaf on my to bake list for this Sunday!
ReplyDeleteHaha that sounds awesome - it was a hit when Keri baked it so let me know how it goes!
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