I must admit I was avoiding this one, and now I really wish I hadn't, it was delicious! I substituted cranberries for the raisins and next time I will just keep them out entirely, and reduce the recipe by 1/2 an egg, otherwise it was delicious. I cooked it in a 1 1/2 qt glass bowl in my steamer. Since the steamer only has a timer for 75 min I set my regular timer to come and add time to the steamer and to add water as needed. I might just place it in the bowl and try it over the stove steamer next time, to see which works better. It really was delicious. I was thinking a lemon sauce would be good on this and mom mentioned she remembered Grandma making carrot pudding with lemon sauce so I looked in the misc section and sure enough, Mildred had a lemon sauce. It also was delicious. Most of my kids really liked it and it wasn't soggy like I thought it would be. It isn't carrot cake, :) but it is pretty good. One note, I rinsed the grated potatoes to avoid them turning brown and it worked really well.
Carrot Pudding
1 C grated carrots
1 C grated potatoes
1/2 C melted fat, I used shortening
1 C sugar
1 C raisins, opt
1 t soda
1/2 t salt
1 t nutmeg
1 t cinnamon
1 t cloves
2 C flour
2 eggs (1 1/2 if omitting raisins)
Mix together and place over steam for 3 hours. Serve warm with Lemon Sauce.
Lemon Sauce
1 T cornstarch
3/4 C sugar
Dash salt
3/4 C water
1 egg
1 T butter
2 T lemon juice
1/2 t grated lemon zest
Mix together, bring to a boil and cook, stirring constantly, until thick.
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