Carrot Fruits 'n' Nuts Cake

Posting on behalf of a non-blogger to link up with my ongoing event 'Sweet Celebration' :)

PARTICIPANT NAME: Roshny Daniel

RECIPE NAME: Carrot Fruits 'n' Nuts Cake

Ingredients:

1. cup*   All purpose flour

1 cup Whole wheat flour (atta)  

2 cup sugar 

2 tsp  baking powder 

2 tsp Vanilla essence

2 tsp ground spice(cinnamon,clove,nutmeg,cardamom) 

1/2 tsp salt 

4 eggs 

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil 

2 cups grated carrots 

1 1/2 cups chopped nuts(cashew nut,almonds)

1 cup dried fruits

* 1 cup=16 Tbsp

Preparation:

- Preheat the oven to 180 C . Lightly grease and flour a  cake pan.

- In a large bowl, combine the dry ingredients flours, salt, spices and Baking powder.

- In a large mixing bowl beat together eggs and sugar till fluffy .

- Add in vanilla essence and mix .

- Next add in  oil .

- Slowly add dry ingredients and blend together well with out lumps.

- Add carrots, fruits and nuts.

- Pour into cake pan and bake for 35-45 minutes. Check after the first 35 minutes, to see if a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. If not, continue to cook, checking every 5 minutes.

- Remove cake from oven when done and cool.

Linking this recipe to Shruti’s ‘Sweet Celebration’ Event :)