I received this recipe almost 50 years ago when I was on my first job. The carrots are precooked with the spices, making it very moist and delicious.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cups water: 1 piece
- ⅓ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- raisins: 1 cup
- carrots: 2 piece (grated)
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- ground cloves: 1 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 1 tsp
- butter: 2 tsp
- all-purpose flour: 2 cups
- baking soda: 2 tsp
- walnuts: 1 cup (chopped)
- pinch salt: 1 piece
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan, and line with wax paper.
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Combine water, sugar, raisins, grated carrots, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and butter in a medium saucepan. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Cool.
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In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, nuts, and salt. Stir in carrot mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
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Bake for 1 1/4 hours, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks.
