Sift the flour with the baking powder and the spices
1 ½ cups flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
Add them to the carrots and walnuts
Whip the wet ingredients
With an electrical mixer, whip the butter (room temperature) with the sugar until it becomes creamy.
¾ cup butter at room temperature, 1 ½ cup caster sugar
Add the 3 eggs, one at the time
3 fresh eggs
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine
1 ½ teaspoon mixed spices
Prepare for baking
Butter and coat with flour a bread loaf baking pan.
Pour in the cake batter and spread uniformly
Bake in a hot oven at 355 F - 180 C for one hour
Cooling it down
Once the cake is ready, let it cool down for 10 minutes before turning it over on to a rack – then let it cool completely.
It will keep nice and moist for 3 days.
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Notes
What makes this cake nicely moist and fluffy is the whipping of the butter with the sugar. Make sure it is nice and foaming before you add the eggs.
Add one egg at a time to make sure they are well combined
Mixed spices are a specific spice you easily find in the Uk and Ireland. If you cannot find it in your country, you can mix 1 teaspoon cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon minced cloves, and ¼ of nutmeg.
Once you add the flour sifted with the baking powder, you need to bake the cake right after otherwise, you risk compromising the rising of the baking powder.
Do not remove it from the pan immediately otherwise; it will break. Although, remove it from the pan to cool down completely so the steam is released and the loaf forms a nice crunchy crust.