Carrot Cake VI Recipe - Allrecipes.com

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan, and line with wax paper.
Combine water, sugar, raisins, grated carrots, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and butter in a medium saucepan. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Cool.
In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, nuts, and salt. Stir in carrot mixture. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake for 1 1/4 hours, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on wire racks.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
275 cal
14%

Fat
7.5 g
11%

Carbs
50.6 g
16%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Reviews (29)

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LOUISE THOMAS

May. 1, 2003

"Amazing but true....I am VERY picky about the recipes I try. If they are not great the first time, I will never try them again -- and they have to be easy to throw together. I would never have attem..." See morepted this one if it were not rated so highly! WELL WORTH IT. Can you believe that such a cake has no eggs, no oil, and still tastes terrific!. Note: I measured my 2-grated carrots (because carrot sizes vary so much), and it came to 2 cups lightly packed. --Louise"

NINGENSUKI

Feb. 6, 2004

"I choose this recipe because of the really low fat content. However, instead of chopped walnut I grind the walnuts into almost powder in a food processor to throw them in with the dry ingredients. I..." See moren addition, I substitute cloves for allspice. Turn out that this is one of the most delicious carrot cake. The fact that we have to precook the carrots, and the natural oil from the ground up walnuts works wonders."

IVANDIEPART

Sep. 16, 2003

"So flavourful and so easy to fix. Not at all the kind of carrot cake I expected, but delicious. Texture makes it rather bread than cake, but it's really great. Taste reminds gingerbread (in my opinion..." See more). If you're looking for a tasty, easy-to-make and healthy snack, don't look further!"

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