Healthy Carrot-Raisin Cake

Preheat oven to 325°.

In a small bowl, combine the baking soda and warm water, and set the mixture aside.

In a large bowl, combine the carrots, yogurt, sugar, applesauce, oil, whole egg or egg whites, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, salt (if desired) and raisins.

Stir in the whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour, then stir in the reserved baking soda mixture.

Pour the batter into a greased 8 or 9-inch square baking pan.

Place the pan in the hot oven, and bake the cake for 1 hour or until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Let the cake cool in the pan on a rack for about 10 minutes before turning the cake out onto the rack to cool completely.