Serves : 12                   Preparation Time : 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups                          flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons                baking soda
  • 1 1/2 cups                          sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon                    salt
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons                ground cloves
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons                ground cinnamon
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons                ground nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 cups                          chopped nuts
  • 1 1/2 cups                          seedless raisins
  • 3   tablespoons                 butter
  • 3                                          beaten eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups                           grated carrot
  • 1 1/2 cups                           grated potato

Oil a 1  1/2 quart mold. Sift four with soda, salt, sugar and spices. Stir butter into eggs in a large bowl. Stir in flour mixture and remaining ingredients. Mix well. Turn into a mold, fill 1/2 to 1/3 full. Cover tightly. Place on a trivet in a kettle. Fill with water until 1/2 way up the side of the mold. Simmer for 2 hours. Cool until lukewarm, turn out of the mold. Store in fridge. Reheat to serve

Serving Ideas : See Sauces for the recipes for both the ORANGE DESSERT SAUCE and the Vanilla Pudding Sauce.

NOTES  : I’ve has this recipe for almost 40 years. Marie was my former mother-in law’s good friend. She and her husband had a working farm in  Yerington, Nevada where they sold fresh eggs, chickens and goodies that Marie ‘put up’ each year.

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