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Simple Carrot Walnut Cake

I was going through my picture folder and stumbled upon these pictures. Have totally forgotten to post this, better late than never.













Recipe for Simple Carrot Walnut Cake

Ingredients

3 oz Plain Flour
3 oz Self-raising Flour
1.1/2 Teasp Cinnamon
1.1/2 Teasp Baking Soda
Pinch of Salt
(all the above to be sifted together)

3 eggs
3/4 cup Cannola/Olive Oil
4.1/2 oz Brown Sugar
2.1/4 cups Carrots  -  Shredded
70 gm Raisins 
(chopped and coated with some flour from above)
100 gm Walnuts
(slightly toasted and coarsely chopped)
1 Teasp Vanilla

Method

Cream sugar with eggs till light, fluffy and thick
Slowly add in the oil followed by the vanilla
Cream thoroughly
Fold in the sifted flour, mix well
By hand, slowly mix in the shredded carrots,
walnuts and finally the raisins
Mix thoroughly
Pour batter into a greased and floured
8 inch tin or a 10 in. Bundt tin

Bake in preheated oven @ 180 deg C
for about 50 mins to 1 hr
Test with skewer till it comes out clean



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Comments

  1. That's a gorgeous carrot cake. It's a healthier version too without the cream cheese.

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  2. Yes, and not so sweet too. Thanks for dropping by my blog. Hope to see you more often.

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