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The Fair Trade Cook Book
The FAIRTRADE COOKBOOK
Fair Trade Recipes for a Fairer World

Carrot Cake

This is a nice moist cake from America using a variety of FAIRTRADE ingredients.
A snack if you are a foodie, otherwise a dessert.

Ingredients

400 gm plain flour
400 gm FAIRTRADE raw cane sugar
2.5 ml salt
5 ml baking soda
10 ml FAIRTRADE ground cinnamon
5 ml FAIRTRADE ground ginger
2.5 ml FAIRTRADE ground nutmeg
3 hens eggs
300 ml sunflower oil
4 medium carrots
10 ml vanilla essence
250 gm FAIRTRADE shredded fresh pineapple
200 gm Fair trade dessicated coconut
200 gm Fair trade walnuts, chopped
FAIRTRADE Sources
Sugar
Pineapple
Coconut
Walnuts

Method

In a mixing bowl combine the flour, sugar, salt, soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, stirring to blend.
Add the eggs, oil, shredded carrots, and vanilla and beat until well blended.
Stir in the pineapple, coconut and 100 gms of walnut pieces.
Pour into a baking tin and bake at Gas Mark 4 for 50 minutes, or until done.
Place the cake on a rack to cool and add cream cheeses icing sprinkled with the remaining nuts gently tamped down.

Variation

None