Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 250 g carrots, grated
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons mixed spice
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350degf (180degc).
• 2 in a mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs and sugar with an electric mixer until thick and creamy.
• 3 stir in the vanilla extract, carrots and oil.
• 4 sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking soda and mixed spice over the mixture and fold into the mixture with a plastic spatula.
• 5 stir in chopped walnuts.
• 6 grease a 20cm baking tin and line the base with with baking paper.
• 7 spoon mixture into prepared tin.
• 8 bake for 40-45 mins, or until a warm skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• 9 leave the cake to cool in the tin.