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Yield: 2 Loaves

• 1.5 cups melted butter
• 1 3/4 cups brown sugar (or 1 1/2 cups honey)
• 4 eggs room temp
• 3 tbs.vanilla extract
• 1 lemon rind (grated)



• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 cups white flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. allspice
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon



• 2 1/2 Cups shredded carrots soaked in juice of 1 lemon.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift together (twice) the whole wheat flour, white flour, salt, baking soda, allspice and ground cinnamon. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat the butter, brown sugar (or honey). Begin with the sugar (or honey) and butter, and then add eggs one at a time. Add the eggs, vanilla and lemon. Beat till light in color.

Add flour mix and grated carrots alternately to butter mixture beginning and ending with flour (flour-carrot-carrot-flour) after each addition mix gently to combine but do not beat or cake gets tough. Add nuts and raisins last. Butter 2 loaf pans and divide batter and bake in 350°oven-40-50 minutes.

Slice and serve.

BUON APPETITO!!!!

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