Carrot, walnut and raisin cake
A moist carrot cake made with whole wheat, flavoured with spices and filled with walnuts and raisins. Can be had on its own or filled and covered with frosting for a special occasion.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- ¾ cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 3 cups grated carrots
- 1⅔ cups whole wheat flour (I used atta)
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ⅜ tsp baking soda
- 1½ tsp mixed spice (see notes below)
- ½ cup raisins
- ½ cup walnuts, chopped
- ⅔ cup milk
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven at 180 deg C and line two 6 inch round pans with foil or baking paper. (See notes below)
- In a bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, mixed spice, raisins and walnuts. Keep aside.
- In another bowl, whisk together the oil and sugar.
- Add the eggs and whisk for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture in three batches, alternating with milk and fold in.
- Fold in the carrots.
- Divide the mixture between the two pans.
- Place the pans in the centre of the pre heated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or when a toothpick inserted through the centre of the cakes comes out clean.
- Place the cake pans on a cooling rack for a couple of minutes.
- Remove the foil /baking paper and cool completely on the rack before cutting and storing in an air tight container.
- If you are frosting the cake, place one of the cakes on a plate/cake stand, cover the top with frosting and place the other cake on top. Cover the top of the second cake layer with frosting. Slice and enjoy.
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Notes
- I made two small cakes as I hoped to fill and top with some frosting but later decided against it. Like us, if you want to enjoy the cake as a snack cake, you can bake it in one 8 inch pan instead of the two smaller pans. An 8 inch square pan would also work very well. Keep an eye on the cake after 20 minutes; it will be done when a toothpick inserted through the centre comes out clean.
- The mixed spice that I used was from a jar of blended spices that included ginger powder, ground nutmeg, caraway, ground cinnamon and clove powder. If you do not have access to this, a mixture of a few from the above (namely cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove) will work well. Alternatively, just ground cinnamon would also work well.