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flour flour bicarbonate of soda mixed spice walnuts lemon dried fruit carrots white sugar eggs vegetable oil marmalade
Viewed: 63 - Published at: 7 years agoIngredients
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1 teaspoon mixed spice
- 1 cup walnuts
- 1 lemon, juice and zest of
- 3 cups dried fruit (sultanas, chopped dried apricots, cranberries, dates, currants etc.)
- 2 cups raw carrots, grated
- 1 cup white sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon marmalade
Method
- sift together the flours, carb soda and spice.
- add the grated beetroot, or carrot, or sweet potato.
- add the walnuts.
- mix all together.
- Beat together the eggs, sugar and vegetable oil and mix well with the dry ingredients.
- Add the jam and mix well.
- place into a well lined square tin or two log tins.
- Bake in a moderate oven at 175 deg C for 1hr 40 minutes.
- If the cake browns on top too quickly place a piece of foil over the pan to prevent burning.
- Remove from the oven and place the tin on a cooler for five minutes before turning out.
- When completely cold store in an airtight container.
- If desired you can substitute beetroot instead of carrot or use up two ripe bananas for an interesting flavour.
- Any jam can be substituted for marmalade.
