Healthy Carrot Cake

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

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
Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

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