You will need:

·        3  large eggs

·        1½ cups (150g-5.3oz) sugar

·        1 cup vegetable oil

·        2 teaspoons baking powder

·        1 teaspoon vanilla

·         ½ teaspoon salt

·        1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

·        ¼ teaspoon  ground nutmeg

·        1 cup coarsely chopped nuts

·        A large mixing bowl

·        Cake tin

·        Electric mixer

·        Wooden spoon

Directions:

·        Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius (350 Fahrenheit-Gas mark 4).

·        Grease and flour the cake tin.

·        Break the eggs into the mixing bowl, and beat well with the electric mixer.

·        Add the sugar and oil, beat well.

·        Add everything else except for the carrots and chopped nuts, beat well.

·        Now stir in the carrots, and nuts.

·        Pour the cake mixture into the prepared cake tin.

·        Bake in the top half of the oven for 35 minutes or until done.

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