Carrot Cake

Carrot Cake
Sujata Maselkar
1 cup heaped cup maida, 1 cup sugar 1 cup refined oil 4 eggs 1 tspn baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1 cup grated carrots , 1 tsp vanilla essence 1/2 cup dates chopped 1/2 cup chopped kaju and caramel which is prepared by burning sugar to which little water had been added. Beat eggs add oil beat well.  Add eggs one by one and beat well. Add maida sifted with baking powder and soda. Beat well. Mix caramel. This gives a nice brown color to the cake. Add vanilla essence. Beat all in one direction till light and fluffy. Add carrot dates and cashew and mix lightly and bake for about 30 mins at 180 C. Check with knife . if not clean bake fr some more time.