Carrot Cake

If ever you need to justify eating cake as being 'healthy', bake a carrot cake! 😋 This is another recipe from my mother's cookbook that makes a great tea-time snack. I topped the cake with some fresh cream but it tastes great on its own as well. 

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 cup caster sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/4 cup oil (I used 1 cup butter and 1/2 cup oil)
4 eggs
3 cups grated carrots
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla essence
1 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

1/2 cup dates (optional)
2 tsp cinnamon (optional)

Method:

Beat the eggs and vanilla.

Add the oil and beat till well-combined.

(If using butter, beat the butter till light and fluffy. Add the caster sugar and beat till well-combined. Add this butter-sugar mixture to the beaten eggs and beat till well-combined. Add this to the dry-ingredient mixture) 

Mix the flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.

Add the egg-oil mixture and mix till well combined.

Mix in the grated carrots, nuts and dates.

Pour into a pre-greased 8-inch baking pan and bake at 360 degrees or gas mark 4 for about 30-35 minutes, or till a wooden pick inserted comes out clean.