Carrot Cake With Brown Sugar Sauce

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 large eggs
• 3 cups apples, grated
• 1 cup carrot, grated
• 4 cups boiling water
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 4 cups boiling water

Recipe

• 1 cream butter, shortening and eggs, beat till fluffy --
• 2 mix in apple and carrot.
• 3 sift dry ingredients together and add to creamed mizture.
• 4 bake in a greased 13x9 pan -- at 350* for 30-45 minutes.until toothpick tests clean when inserted near the center --
• 5 may be served warm or cold.
• 6 to prepare brown sugar sauce:.
• 7 boil water in a seperate pan -- mix sugar and cornstarch in another pan and add boiling water slowly, bring to a boil.
• 8 stirring constantly for 5 minutes.
• 9 remove from heat and add vanilla.butter and nutmeg.
• 10 serve warm, ovr carrot cake.