Healthy Carrot Cake

Name: Healthy Carrot Cake
Yield: Serves 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 oz (225 g) carrots, grated finely; 1 tablespoon (15 ml spoon) lemon juice; ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml spoon) grated nutmeg; 2 oz (50 g) chopped walnuts; 8 fl oz (240 ml) honey; 1 teaspoon (5 ml spoon) ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon (5 ml spoon) baking powder; 2 teaspoons (2 X 5 ml spoon) bicarbonate of soda; 4 oz (100 g) strong white flour; 4 oz (100 g) 100% wholemeal flour; 1 egg, beaten; 4 oz (100 g) stoned dates, chopped; 4 oz (100 g) raisins; 4 oz (100 g) butter; ¼ pint (150 ml) milk

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cooking of the USA

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1993

About

Health foods have taken America by storm and carrot cake is on the menu in health food bakeries and restaurants all over the States. Moist and fragrant, it makes a lovely tea cake that keeps well and is very quick to put together, because no creaming or beating is involved.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon (15 ml spoon) lemon juice
¼ pint (150

Americas
United States
Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven. Grease the bottom of a deep, 8-inch (20 cm) cake tin and line with greased g