Our Family Recipes
Fabulous Easy Carrot Cake
History of Carrot Cake:Carrot cakes first became commonly available in restaurants and cafeterias in the United States in the early 1960's. It was at first a novelty item, but people liked them so much that they became standard dessert fare.According to Wikipedia, carrots have been used in sweet cakes since the mediaeval period, during which time sweeteners were scarce and expensive. Carrots contain more sugar than any other vegetable besides the sugar beet, were much easier to come by and were used to make sweet desserts. Popularity of this sweet cake was likely revived in Britain because of rationing during the Second World War. In 2005 the American-based Food Network listed carrot cake, with its cream-cheese icing, as number five of the top five fad foods of the 1970's. So here is my family's favorite: Carrot Cake Recipe
Ingredients: Instructions: Pour into layer pans, grease and floured. Bake at 350 ° for 30 min.
½ c. butter 1 box powdered sugar 1 c. chopped nuts 2 tsp. vanilla Mix well and spread between layers and over top of cake. |
