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Ingredients
| granulated sugar: 2 cups |
| salted butter: 1/2 cup (softened) |
| shortening - vegetable: 1 cup |
| eggs: 2 (large) |
| whole apples (chopped): 3 cups (grated) |
| carrots (grated): 1 cup (grated) |
| water: 4 cups (boiling) |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 cups |
| baking soda: 2 tsp |
| ground cinnamon: 2 tsp |
| whole nutmeg: 1 tsp |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| light brown sugar (packed): 1 1/2 cups (packed) |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| salted butter: 4 Tbl |
| cornstarch: 4 Tbl |
| whole nutmeg: 1 tsp |
| water: 4 cups (boiling) |
Carrot Cake With Brown Sugar Sauce
Credit: Food.com
User rating:
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Prep Time
15 min -
Cook Time
30 min -
Servings
12 serving(s)
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- Cream butter, shortening and eggs, beat till fluffy --
- Mix in apple and carrot.
- Sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mizture.
- Bake in a greased 13x9 pan -- at 350* for 30-45 minutes.until toothpick tests clean when inserted near the center --
- May be served warm or cold.
- to prepare BROWN SUGAR SAUCE:.
- Boil water in a seperate pan -- Mix sugar and cornstarch in another pan and add boiling water slowly, bring to a boil.
- Stirring constantly for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add vanilla.butter and nutmeg.
- Serve warm, ovr carrot cake.