Carrot/Spice cake

I got introduced to this cake by a colleague of mine in Sun Microsystems. Her mom was an excellent cook.
Later, I baked it with my friend Roopa Joseph and it turned out to be wonders.
Its very easy and tastes very different because of the spices that you add into it.

So here it goes:

Ingredients:
Eggs: 3
Oil/Ghee-1/2 Cup
All Purpose Flour(Maida)-1 cup
Powdered Sugar/Brown Sugar-1 cup
Baking Powder-1/2 Spoon
Rose/Vanilla Essence
Grated Carrot
Nutmeg, Cinnamon stick,Cardamom- Powder
Cherries/Almonds/Pistachio-Add nuts of your choice


Firstly whisk the egg till it gets fluffy. Add sugar to it and mix it.

Sieve maida with baking powder so that the powder gets mixed evenly.
Add this mixture to the egg-sugar mix and add oil.
Make sure that all of the above added ingredients form a paste.

To this add, essence, grated carrot,Nutmeg,Cardamom,Cinnamon powder. Add salt to taste.
Top it with nuts.

One of the quintessential thing to note is to mix the above mix with a spatula in one direction. If you have started it clockwise make sure you maintain it till the end.

Take a container, grease it and dust it with flour.
Pour the above mix.

Preheat oven to 200 degrees for 15 minutes.
Place the container for one hour.
Cake is done if you pierce a knife in the middle and it comes out clean.