Super Moist Diabetic Spiced Carrot Cake Recipes

SPLENDID DIABETIC CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Sift together dry ingredients.
• Spread nuts on a cookie sheet and place in oven as it preheats. *When you can smell the nuts roasting, they're ready.
• Place oil, applesauce, sugar, eggs, carrot pieces, and vanilla in a blender. Chop until carrots are in very small pieces, but not pureed.
• Pour this mixture into dry ingredients; mix well.
• Then add crushed pineapple (entire 8 oz can) and roasted nuts.
• Pour into well-greased and floured 9 x 13 pan or 2 round cake pans.
• Bake for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Let cool 5 minutes, then turn out onto rack to cool completely.
• *Optional Icing (makes a small amount so you may want to double it):.
• Beat together 4 oz cream cheese and 2 Tbs. unsalted butter. Meanwhile, in a blender or food processor, combine 1 1/2 cups splenda with 2 Tbs. cornstarch. Blend until it becomes a superfine powder, then add it to cream cheese/butter mixture. Thin with orange juice (crucial for flavor and to counter dreaded Splenda aftertaste!) to desired consistency (I prefer somewhere between a glaze and a frosting), then add 1 pinch of salt and a teaspoon of vanilla. Ice your cake and Enjoy!

DIABETIC CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt. In another bowl beat eggs, mayonnaise.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Pour into a grease, floured 8 inch square cake pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes. 350°F.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Remove from Pan.
• Cool completely.
• Prepare topping by beating whipped cream til thick. Add vanilla and sweetener. Spread over cake.

DIABETIC CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C, Gas Mark 6).
• Position the top rack in the center of the oven.
• Lightly coat a 9 inch (22. 5 cm) bundt pan with cooking spray.
• Dust with flour and tap out excess.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the egg whites, yogurt, oil, applesauce, brown sugar, and vanilla.
• On a piece of waxed paper, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt (if using), cinnamon, and nutmeg.
• Gradually add to egg-applesauce mixture, stirring until incorporated.
• Stir in the carrots.
• Drain and reserve the juice from the pineapple.
• Stir the drained pineapple and raisins into the cake batter.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the back of a spoon.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Slide a thin knife around the edges and center of the cake to loosen it from the pan.
• Invert onto a rack to cool.
• When ready to serve, transfer cake to a serving platter.

SPICED CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Zest the orange, cover and set aside for the frosting.
• Juice the orange, add the chopped apricots and mix with the orange juice, leave to soak for at least 3 hours.
• When ready to make the cake, preheat the oven to 300F and line the base of a 2lb loaf tin with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour together with the cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves and the baking soda into a mixing bowl.
• Add the brown sugar, chopped pecans, carrots and the apricots with the juice, (reserve 2 tablespoons of the orange juice), mix well.
• Beat together the eggs with the oil, add to the mix and mix again.
• Spoon into the prepared loaf tin and bake for 50-60 minutes.
• Test with a wooden skewer whether the cake is done, (it should come out clean and dry), otherwise cook a bit longer.
• Turn the cake out of the tin and let it cool until slightly warm.
• Mix the two tablespoons of Grand Marnier and the two tablespoons of the reserved orange juice, return the cake to the tin, poke holes in the top and drizzle the liquid over to soak up the juices.
• Beat together the cream cheese, confectioners sugar and the orange zest, taste if you find it sweet enough, if not, add more sugar.
• Take the cake out of the tin, remove parchment paper and spread the frosting on the top.
• Decorate with the halved pecans.