WHOLE WHEAT CARROT CAKE WITH CREAMY ORANGE ICING (LOW FAT)
Many carrot cakes call for as much as a cup of oil, 4 eggs, 2 cups of sugar. But all that oil isn't necessary for this moist, delicious cake. I love this low fat cake. Use Whole Wheat PASTRY flour found in health food stores. You can use whole wheat flour but the cake will be denser. I also sifted my all purpose flour.
Provided by Olha7397
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175 C).
- Lightly butter a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- Wash and trim carrots and cut into large pieces.
- Place in a food processor and process until finely chopped, or grate carrots finely, to make 2 cups.
- I grated my carrots.
- Set aside.
- Cut orange into 8 wedges.
- Do not peel.
- Remove white center and seeds.
- Cut wedges into 3 or 4 pieces each and puree in a food processor or blender along with the raisins.
- Combine flours, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg and salt in a large bowl.
- In another bowl, combine eggs, buttermilk, maple syrup, brown sugar, oil, carrots and orange.
- Stir carrot mixture into dry ingredients until combined.
- Spread batter evenly in pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes, until a cake tester or wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool cake in pan.
- Prepare icing by working cream cheese and orange juice together with the back of a spoon until combined.
- Stir in enough powdered sugar to obtain a spreadable consistency.
- When cake is cool, spread top with icing.
- Makes 16 servings.
- The One-Day-at-a- Time Low-Fat Cookbook.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 183.7, Fat 5.5, SaturatedFat 0.6, Cholesterol 26.6, Sodium 300.1, Carbohydrate 31.8, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 18.2, Protein 3
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