½ cup chopped walnuts

½ cup dried raisins

3 cups carrots, finely shredded

1½ cups Arbequina olive oil

4 large eggs

Dry ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 cup sugar

1 cup light brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

¼ tsp ground gloves

½ tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat oven at 315˚. In a large bowl, mix all the dry ingredients. In another bowl, put the eggs and sugar, beat well, then add the olive oil, and stir in the dried ingredients. Lightly butter a 9 inch springform pan, and dust with flour (or with sugar). Pour the mixture into the pan.

Bake for about 50 minutes.

You can spread some classic vanilla frosting, once the cake is cold.