Carrot Cake

A friend gave me this recipe. It is lovely and moist.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 1 cake

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)

Directions

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.