This is a cross between a BBC Good Food recipe and the larder! It doesn't matter if you don't have all the ingredients, it's good to improvise and get something a little unexpected and original.
Ingredients
300g plain flour (we used a mix of left over spelt and wholemeal self raising)
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
200g soft brown sugar (we used 175g of unrefined dark sugar)
4 eggs
250ml mild olive oil
1 orange, zested
1 lemon, zested (we didn't have any of either and used some chopped mixed peel)
200g carrots, finely grated
150g walnuts (we used crushed hazelnuts and pinenuts, as no walnuts in the fridge)
227g tin pineapple pieces, well drained and chopped (used a larger tin and didn't chop)
Heat the oven to 150c. Line a 20cm, 10cm deep cake tin (or a larger tin if not so deep). Sift the flour, cinnamon, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda together and stir in the sugar. Put all the ingredients together in the mixer and whizzed it for a few minutes till nicely combined. Whizz at a low speed at first, so the flour doesn't fly out of the bowl. Spoon mixture in the tin and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. If you are using a shallower tin, the baking time will be less.
Gather round a large table with a pot of tea and enjoy.
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