carrot pudding
(from The Great Western Cook Book, Or Table Receipts: Adapted to Western Housewifery, by Anna Maria Collins, 1857)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
(from The Great Western Cook Book, Or Table Receipts: Adapted to Western Housewifery, by Anna Maria Collins, 1857)
Ingredients:
1 pint flour
1-1/2 pint carrots
1/2 lb. raising ingredient
1 tea-cup brown sugar
2 whole eggs
4 egg yolks
1 gill of cream
Instructions:
Take a pint of flour, and a pint and a half of carrots, minced up very finely, or rather grated, half pound of raising, a tea-cupful of brown sugar; beat up two whole eggs and four yolks, with a gill of cream, pour it into the first mixture, beat it all well together, and boil or bake it.
Note - A "raising" can be defined as one of these four methods: 1) Carbon dioxide – yeast fermentation, baking powder, self raising flour, 2) Chemicals – bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, 3) Steam – profiteroles, choux pastry, Yorkshire pudding, 4) Air – egg whites, beating creaming, rubbing in.
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was all very exciting and wow I ate so much cake yesterday 
also got 2 requests for me to make them a carrot cake each for different occasions! One of them being my boss haha so must have gone down well!
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