Carrot and Banana Cake

1 ¼ cups plain flour
½ cup self-raising flour
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon mixed spice
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup (200g) firmly packed brown sugar
¾ cup (90g) coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
3 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cups finely grated carrot (about 4 medium carrots)
1 cup mashed banana (about 2 large overripe bananas)
1 cup (250ml) vegetable oil

Preheat oven to moderately slow (160oC). Grease a 24cm springform tin, line base with baking paper.
Sift flours, soda, spices and sugar into large bowl, stir in remaining ingredients; pour cake mixture into prepared tin. Bake in moderately slow oven about 1 ¼ hours.
Cool cake in tin.

By Lani