Best Healthy Carrot Cake Recipes

HEALTHY CARROT CAKE MUFFINS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
• In a large bowl, whisk the eggs until light and fluffy.
• Add in the Greek yogurt and whisk again until the mixture is smooth and fluffy.
• Pour in the maple syrup, milk, and vanilla extract. Beat the mixture again until smooth.
• Add the shredded carrots, whole wheat flour, baking powder, and cinnamon over the wet ingredients. Using a rubber spatula, fold the wet and dry ingredients together just until combined.
• Using a medium ice cream scoop, portion the batter into a greased 12-cup muffin tin.
• Bake for 20 minutes, until the muffins have risen and set.
• For the frosting, beat the cream cheese in a small bowl until smooth.
• Add in the maple syrup and vanilla and beat again until the mixture is well combined.
• Once the muffins have cooled, use a small ice cream scoop to spoon a bit of the frosting on top of the muffins. Gently tap the muffins on the counter to smooth out the layer of frosting on top.
• Enjoy!

DELICIOUS GLUTEN FREE SUGAR FREE HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• (Make sure the carrots are grated before using them in the recipe, as well as chopping the almonds).
• Mix all ingredients together and bake in a 9x13-inch pan or in small cupcake holders (spray Pam butter-like spray) for 45 minutes on 350 degrees. If using oil instead of apple sauce, allow to cook one hour.
• Whip frosting ingredients together. Wait till cool to frost.
• To entice my daughter to eat them I put orange and yellow sprinkles on it, or you could also decorate it with little "frosting carrots". Have fun with this cake; it's very versatile and good for you. You can use all of the optional toppings as well if you'd like. You can reference the other cake here.
• On a side note, this frosting is also good with some sugar free fat free vanilla or cheesecake pudding, and also makes a great dipping sauce for apples.

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.

HEALTHY OVERNIGHT CARROT CAKE OATS

Steps:

• The night before you want to eat the oats, combine the milk, oats, brown sugar, vanilla, carrots and a pinch of salt in a glass pint jar or other container with a lid. Secure the lid and shake. Refrigerate for at least 6 hours or up to overnight.
• In the morning, top the oats with the coconut, raisins, walnuts and cinnamon. To serve, drizzle with honey if using.

HEALTHY VEGETARIAN CARROT SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Turn on the oven, set to 350.
• Mix flour, carrots, nuts, coconut, raisins and baking soda in a big bowl.
• Mix anise, bananas, oil and brown sugar in a smaller bowl.
• Add wet ingredient mixture to dry ingredient mixture, and stir gently but thoroughly. Add some milk, a bit at a time, if the batter is too thick to stir comfortably (it should be thick, though, not runny!).
• Pour into large buttered cake pan.
• Bake 35-40 minutes, until toothpick or knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Allow to cool in pan, and cut into squares. Refrigerate if you want it to last longer. Enjoy!

A HEALTHY CARROT CAKE RECIPE FOR MEMORIAL DAY

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine almond flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• In a separate bowl, mix together eggs, agave and oil.
• Stir carrots, raisins and walnuts into wet ingredients.
• Stir wet ingredients into dry.
• Place batter into 2 well greased, round 9 Inch cake pans.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes.
• Cool to room temperature and spread with coconut frosting.
• Serve.

DELICIOUSLY HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Add yogurt, carrot pulp, milk, maple syrup, apple pulp, dates, and egg. Mix with a wooden spoon until batter is blended and thick.
• Spread batter in the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.

HEART HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare a Bundt or tube pan with shortening or cooking spray, and dust lightly with flour. Or, use Baker's Secret or other cake pan prep spray.
• 2. With electric mixer, cream pineapple, sugar, sugar substitute, and oil. NOTE: this cake will NOT taste like olive oil! Beat in egg beaters in two batches.
• 3. Sift together the dry ingredients one time. On low speed, add it in 3 parts to the oil mixture. Scrape down sides of bowl a couple of times during this step. Stir in carrots and vanilla.
• 4. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes, until cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool in pan 10 minutes, then invert onto serving plate.
• 5. TO MAKE ICING: Soften cream cheese in microwave. With mixer, beat cream cheese with lemon extract and salt. Sift the powdered sugar substitute, then beat in 1 cup at a time until a thick spreading consistency is achieved. If necessary, warm this icing over a double boiler or in the microwave so it can be poured over the cake. If desired, top cake with chopped pecans. Store cake in refrigerator.
• 6. SPECIAL NOTE: This cake can be made with real powdered sugar for the icing, and a cup of white sugar in place of the substitute in the cake. It will raise the sugar content and calories considerably, but would not change the fat content. I've also found that using half powdered sugar and half xylitol powdered sweetener for the icing works well, too.

HEALTHY CARROT CAKE (EXCEPT THE FROSTING!)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix together apple pulp, carrot pulp and oil.
• Add in the honey, eggs, and vanilla.
• In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix in with the wet ingredients.
• Stir in walnuts.
• Grease 2 round cake pans. Put half the mixture in each pan.
• Bake for about 1 hour. I always check on mine after about 45 minutes.
• Let cool for 5-10 minutes. Take cakes out of pan and onto a cooling rack until almost all the way cooled off.
• Put one cake upside down on a plate. Cover with frosting. Put the other cake right side up on top of the upside down one. Cover the entire cake (top and sides) with frosting.
• I usually put aside a small part of the frosting and color part of it orange and part of it green with food coloring and make carrots on the top of the cake (as best I can - my artistic talents are extremely limited!).
• ENJOY!

HEALTHY AND HEARTY CARROT CAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a 12 cup muffin pan with non-stick spray or line with paper baking cups.
• Mix dry ingredients in a large bowl with a whisk.
• In a medium bowl, mix buttermilk, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla, crushed pineapple, and butter/coconut oil with a whisk.
• Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour liquid ingredients in, stirring a few times with a wooden spoon or scraper to incorporate gently. Don't mix too much!
• Fold in shredded carrots, walnuts or pepitas, shredded coconut, and golden raisins. (Note: if you use bagged shredded carrots, you may want to coarsely chop them so the shreds don't stick out of your muffin).
• Scoop 1/3 cup of batter per muffin into tin.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean.
• Wait patiently for a few minutes before popping your muffins out of the tin!

HEALTHY TWIST CARROT CAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Mix cake mix, purred carrots, pineapple and pineapple juice. Line cup cake pan with foil liners and spray with oil. Divide dough among 12 cup cakes liners. Bake for 20 minutes. Cool.
• For frosting mix all ingredients together and frost cooled cupcakes. Refrigerate leftover cupcakes.

FRAGRANT AND HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, cake flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, carob, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the molasses, oil, eggs and orange juice. Mix until the dry ingredients are moistened, then stir in the orange zest, lemon zest, raisins, figs, poppy seeds, carrots and pecans until evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes before removing from the pan.

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:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 8 inch square cake pan with vegetable cooking spray. Set aside. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and nutmeg. Mix well.
• In a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat honey, yogurt, oil, egg whites, egg, and vanilla until blended. Fold in carrot. At low speed, beat in flour mixture until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Place pan on a wire rack to cool slightly. Turn out onto rack and cool completely.
• To prepare frosting, at low speed, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread frosting on top of cake. Garnish with nuts.

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.

HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mix the carrots, yogurt, orange juice, sugar, golden raisins, sunflower seeds, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. In another bowl, thoroughly mix the flour, wheat germ, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Fold the dry ingredients gradually into the carrot mixture until blended. Spoon the mixture into a lightly greased 12 in x 7.5 in rectangular cake tin, and bake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and turn out onto a cooling rack. Allow to cool for 2 hours, cut into squares and store in an airtight container. To make this even more delicious, mix together the ingredients below until it forms a smooth paste. Spread on top of cake and decorate with walnuts. | 1/2 cup FAGE Total Greek Yogurt | 1/2 cup reduced-fat soft cream cheese | 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar or Splenda | 16 walnut pieces