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Tomatoes ~ Baby Food Carrot Cake

I finally got some salsa canned, and it was with my very own tomatoes.  I was so excited to see Hubby bring in more tomatoes, we ended up with 10 pints of salsa.  A huge blessing, considering it's been the worst garden year (rain).




I even had more tomatoes leftover, but not enough for salsa, so I blanched and froze them (another huge blessing I didn't think we'd get this season).



I have been looking around for inexpensive jars for making homemade vapo-rub (cheapest I can find in stores is $2.99/each for a 4 oz. jar).  

Well, another farmgirl gave me the idea to just buy baby food, to get the jars. Duh!  I guess with no babies in the house, that simple idea never occurred to me.

It's a great bargain if you ask me.  I paid $.59/each for them, and bought sweet carrots.  I used the baby food to make a carrot cake.  I linked the recipe I used, and used my home canned applesauce in place of the oil.  I got my jars, and the family got carrot cake.  What a deal.   And, the frosting was made with my homemade vanilla extract.  Can't beat that.

I'm thinking I need a few more jars - he he he!

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Anonymous said…
How totally cool that you got enough tomatoes to can 10 jars of salsa! You know, or perhaps you don't that I am trying to get a weekly linky party started called Patisserie Tuesdays, which runs from Tuesday through Saturday. This baby food carrot cake would be cool to link up... I'm just sayin'! :D Read more about Patisserie Tuesday here http://elisabetpollock.blogspot.com/p/patisserie-tuesdays.html I would love to have you link up a sweet recipe every now and then when you have the time... ughhh, time :D
Hugs,
Beth P
September 12, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Pioneer Woman at Heart said…
Thanks Beth,I will take a look.
September 12, 2013 at 4:12 PM
Liz said…
We did salsa last weekend with our tomatoes. Bad crop for us as well! So glad to see the carrot cake recipe. I had this written down somewhere but lost it! Thanks for posting it!
September 12, 2013 at 8:54 PM
EMMA said…
Great idea. I'm currently drying calendula flowers to make balm and was wondering what to use for jars.
and what's more, I love carrot cake!
September 13, 2013 at 12:03 PM
kathy b said…
Your carrot cake looks soooooo good. I may have to bake one
September 13, 2013 at 5:13 PM
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