If you love the flavor of carrot cake, there’s good news—you’re not limited to one kind of dessert. From muffins and pancakes ...

with several claiming that “authentic” or “original” recipes for carrot cakes had always included the chew dried fruits.

(Getty Images) “Raisins belong in carrot cake,” one person argued, while another suggested that no “proper” carrot ... In the following centuries, recipes for these carrot puddings began ...