A Healthy Carrot Cake Recipe For Memorial Day

KATHY'S CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• In large bowl beat the eggs, oil and sugar.
• Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon,salt and mix well.
• Add grated carrots and walnuts, mix well, pour into a 13x9x2 inch pan that has been greased and floured.
• Bake at 350 degrees for approx.
• 50 minutes.
• Do not over bake.
• Cool completely.
• Frost.
• Cream Cheese Frosting: In small bowl: cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter and vanilla.
• Beat until smooth, frost.

HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Coat a 9X13 pan with spray and dust lightly with flour.
• Tap out the excess flour.
• Whisk the flours with the baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• Set aside.
• Beat the egg, egg whites, brown sugar and oil with an electric mixer until smooth.
• Add the carrots and beat for 1 minute.
• Add the buttermilk, pineapple and raisins and beat again.
• Add the flour mixture and beat until well mixed.
• Scrape the batter into the pan and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pan set on a wire rack.
• Frost, if desired, when completely cool.
• Store the cake in the pan in the refrigerator.
• To make the frosting, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with an elecric mixer set at medium-high speed until smooth.
• Reduce the speed to medium-low and add the milk, a tsp.
• at a time until the frosting is at spreading consistency.
• Spread the frosting on the cooled, uncut cake.

HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Combine all the cake ingredients together and mix till well blended. Bake at 350° for 50 minutes in 9x13-inch greased baking pan that has been sprayed with Pam or other light oil.
• For the frosting I combine all ingredients in the food processor, or you could blend by hand.

HEART HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 13" X 9" baking pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flours, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves, set aside.
• In another large bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Slowly beat in the sugar. Then slowly beat in the applesauce, buttermilk and vanilla.
• Using a spoon, stir in the flour mixture just until combined. Then stir in, one ingredient at a time, the crushed pineapple, carrots, walnuts and raisins.
• Spread mixture in prepared pan. Bake for approximately 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.