Vegan sweet potato spice cake

Happy Valentine's day! Here's the second last recipe of the week - a yummy sweet treat for this special day. Enjoy!

Serves 16
1/2 cup raisins
3 cups plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp mixed spice
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup soya milk
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 cups finely grated sweet potato (1 medium or 2 small sweet potatoes)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or nuts of your choice)
Tofu frosting
Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C. Grease a 10-inch cake tin with soya margarine.
2. place the raisins in a small bowl and cover with boiling water for 10 minutes, then drain and set aside.
3. In a bowl combine the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and mixed spice. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the milk and lemon juice.
4. Stir the flour mixture into the oil mixture until a thick batter forms. Fold in the sweet potato, nuts and raisins. Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before removing from the tin to cool completely.

Original recipe: Sweet potato spice cake