Carrot Cake Jam. A in another way scrumptious and straightforward jam recipe that includes the flavours of a perennial dessert favorite, carrot cake.

Carrot Cake Jam

I first heard of this carrot cake jam a number of years in the past at a Farmer’s Market in Toronto. Instantly I regretted not buying a bottle once I acquired dwelling.

That may by no means occur as we speak, as my meals curiosity would positively get the higher of me these days.

I once more noticed a carrot cake jam on the Farmer’s Market in Halifax. The distributors identify I don’t recall, however that jam was a way more paste-like concoction that I feel used a date base. I like dates however this one didn’t do it for me. 

I keep in mind the one I noticed in Toronto was a paler jam. It regarded extra translucent and jewel-like when mild handed by means of the jar. Type of like like my favorite Home made Marmalade.

I’m informed there was/is a vendor on the St. John’s Farmer’s Market who additionally has a model.  Nevertheless, I hadn’t seen that one so I made a decision to do some extra analysis.

Carrot Cake Jam with do-it-yourself clotted cream on a touton.

Carrot Cake Jam, getting the recipe proper.

I checked out fairly a couple of recipes that I discovered on-line and cherry picked the most effective components.  To customise my recipe, I added extra spices and a few recent pineapple,.

Pineapple is crucial in considered one of my favorite carrot cake recipes, my Pineapple Pecan model.

I do just like the heavier spiced model higher, however as is talked about within the recipe notes, you can also make a lighter spiced choice you want. This is perhaps a preferable if you’re giving the jam as items and need to please as lots of the recipients as attainable.

Even with much less spice it’s nonetheless scrumptious.

I additionally plan on making an attempt this recipe with a decrease sugar pectin that was beneficial to me by my Fb pal Martha. She’s an professional canner.  I’ll make sure you replace my outcomes once I do.

Carrot Cake Jam and Toutons

I simply occurred to have some leftover clotted cream from my weekend birthday brunch. It additionally occurred that I used to be making toutons for breakfast a couple of days later.

I took one of many small toutons, slathered on among the cream after which topped with a dollop of this carrot cake jam.

Candy lord was it ever scrumptious! Simply wonderful!

Discover out my simple technique for making Home made Clotted Cream right here and you may learn all about Toutons & how you can make them right here.

It truly was my intention to give bottles of this jam to pick out folks on my Christmas record this 12 months. Nevertheless, a giant household brunch the place I style examined it to rave critiques and a few curious pals, truly made the primary batch disappear in a short time.

I’ll must make extra whether it is to make it to the Holidays. I’ll simply be far quieter about it 🙂

For directions on how you can correctly bottle jam, I all the time depend on the Bernardin Information right here.

Like this Carrot Cake Jam recipe?

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Initially revealed November 2017.