Easy Carrot Cake II
A simple carrot cake using an all in one bowl and beat method. A squidgy, cheap and cheerful version, for a cakie version try our light carrot cake recipe.
Preparation time: 10 minutes Quantity: serves 12 Cooking time: 40 minutes
Ingredients
250 g / 10 oz plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/2 teaspoon all spice
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
just over 1/2 pint / 270 ml any milk
just under 1/2 pint / 220 ml vegetable or sunflower oil
2 eggs - large
50 g / 2 oz any sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence or 1/2 extract
200 g / 8 oz grated carrots
100 g / 4 oz raisins
Oven Temperature - gas 5 / 180*c / 380*f
Cake tine size - 8 inch loose bottomed tin or similar
Method
- Sift the flour together with the b.p, bicarb and spice
- Mix all the wet ingredients together in a jug
- Beat the wet in to the dry and add all else
- Mix until smooth
- Spoon in to a greased tin
- Bake in a preheated oven gas 5 for 30 - 40 minutes or until cooked