Ingredients

• 3/4 cup - whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup - cake flour
• 1/2 cup - packed brown sugar
• 1 tbsp - ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp - baking powder
• 1 tsp - baking soda
• 1 1/2 tbsp - molasses
• 1/4 cup - vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 orange, juiced and zested
• 1.5 tsp - grated lemon zest
• 1/2 cup - raisins
• 5 dried figs, chopped
• 2 tbsp - poppy seeds
• 2 cups - grated carrots
• 1/4 cup - chopped pecans
• 1/2 tsp - salt

How to Make Fragrant and Healthy Carrot Cake

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, cake flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• Make a well in the center and pour in the molasses, oil, eggs and orange juice.
• Mix until the dry ingredients are moistened, then stir in the orange zest, lemon zest, raisins, figs, poppy seeds, carrots and pecans until evenly distributed.
• Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool for 30 minutes before removing from the pan.