150g wholemeal flour
150g plain flour
2 tsps baking powder
1½ tsps bicarbonate of soda
1tsp fine salt
2 tsps ground cinnamon
½ tsp ground ginger
260g soft brown sugar
290ml corn oil
4 medium eggs, lightly beaten
300g grated carrot
80g walnuts, chopped
80g raisins
Grated rind of 1 lemon
Method
1. Sift together the first seven ingredients
2. Preheat oven to 1800 C/3500F/Gas 4
3. Grease and line a loaf tin
4. Put all sifted ingredients into a bowl. Add in sugar, oil and beaten eggs.
5. Beat well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
6. Pour batter into a loaf tin and bake for 80 mins our until a skewer comes out clean
7. Leave cake to cool thoroughly before icing (optional)
Lemon Cheese Icing
125g cream cheese at room temperature
1 tbsp lemon juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon
250g icing sugar, sifted
60g butter
Beat all ingredients together until smooth and slather over cake.
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