Carrot Loaf

Ingredients:

• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
• 1/2 peanuts, chopped
• 1/2 golden raisins
• 1/2 brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1.5 cup carrot pulp (grated)
• 1/2 oil
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten (for a vegan Carrot Loaf, substitute 1T of ground flaxseed mixed with 3T of warm water for each egg).
• 1/2 cup sour cream (for vegan, substitute with Smart Balance butter mix or thick coconut cream). 

Instructions: 

Grease and line 4x8 in loaf pan. Sift flour and baking powder into a large mixing bowl. Add nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom, peanuts, raisins, brown sugar and carrots. Mix eggs, oil and sour cream in a separate bowl. Add to dry ingredients. Beat with an electric mixer. Pour into greased loaf pan.

Bake at 350F for 1 hour. Remove, let stand for 5 minuts, invert into a wire rack and let cool to room temperature.