Passion Cake

Passion cake

A traditional sweet cake that is easy to mix, delicious and very healthy!

Ingredients:

10 oz plain flour

1 teasp bread soda

2 teasp baking powder

1 teasp salt

6 oz soft light brown sugar

2 oz chopped walnuts

3 eggs

2 ripe bananas

6 oz finely grated carrot

6 floz cooking oil.

Set oven to 350 degs F. Grease and line with paper a 9 in round tin, (or you can use a square one.)

Sift 1^st 4 ingredients oogether. (the dry ones) Mix in sugar and walnuts. Make a well in it then pour in the beaten eggs and the mashed bananas. Mix all together with a wooden spoon. Add the carrots and oil and beat well with wooden spoon to a soft cake batter. Bake for about an hour or until springy and firm to touch. Let cool in tin for 10 mins, then carefully turn out and finish cooling on rack: handle with care, it is crumbly and fragile.

When cold ice with orange icing:

Icing sugar, sifted: moisten with orange juice, and fine orange rind. Decorate with walnuts.