Carrot and Banana Cake

Author – unknown

This page created 24th August, 2007

1 ¼ cups plain flour

½ cup self-raising flour

1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

1 teaspoon mixed spice

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup (200g) firmly packed brown sugar

¾ cup (90g) coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans

3 eggs, lightly beaten

2 cups finely grated carrot (about 4 medium carrots)

1 cup mashed banana (about 2 large overripe bananas)

1 cup (250ml) vegetable oil

 

Method

 

Preheat oven to moderately slow (160 oC). Grease a 24cm springform tin, line base with baking paper.

Sift flours, soda, spices and sugar into large bowl, stir in remaining ingredients; pour cake mixture into prepared tin. Bake in moderately slow oven about 1 ¼ hours. Cool cake in tin.