Cooked carrots in a quickbread with peas in the middle.

Cooked carrots in a quickbread with peas in the middle.
Guess when this recipe appeared?
Feels like something’s missing, here.
For coffee cake, in theory.
From Ma.
A bake-off winner from 1950.
With walnuts, cinnamon, and vanilla.
With cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg.
With brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans.
It’s not that strange, if you think about it.
With walnuts and hickory nuts.
With fresh grated carrots.