Carrot Cake: Our Award Winning Recipe - Levana Cooks

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3 cups flour, all purpose, whole wheat pastry or spelt
• 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
• pinch salt
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup canned unsweetened crushed pineapple, juice and all
• 3 cups finely grated carrots, packed (use a food processor)
• ½ cup golden raisins
• ½ cup coarsely chopped walnuts (skip if you can't have nuts)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened grated coconut, optional