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According to food historians, the origins of carrot cake were likely a type of carrot pudding enjoyed during medieval times. Later, during the Middle Ages, sweetening agents were hard to come by in Britain and quite expensive, so as a result, carrots were often used in place of sweeteners. Even though the first carrot cake recipe in the United State was in the early 1900’s, it wasn’t until the 1960’s that carrot cake began to be a more common cake in the United States. Makes (...)