Healthy Carrot Cake (Except the Frosting!) Recipe

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Healthy Carrot Cake (Except the Frosting!)
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Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 cups carrots , pulp
  • 1/2 cup apple , pulp
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 1 cup honey
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla
  • 1 tbsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1 1/2 cups crushed walnuts
  • frosting (cinnamon cream cheese frosting compliments this cake perfectly)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Mix together apple pulp, carrot pulp and oil.
  3. Add in the honey, eggs, and vanilla.
  4. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix in with the wet ingredients.
  5. Stir in walnuts.
  6. Grease 2 round cake pans. Put half the mixture in each pan.
  7. Bake for about 1 hour. I always check on mine after about 45 minutes.
  8. Let cool for 5-10 minutes. Take cakes out of pan and onto a cooling rack until almost all the way cooled off.
  9. 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.
  10. 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!).
  11. ENJOY!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 365.28 Kcal (1529 kJ)
Calories from fat 199.33 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.15g 34%
Cholesterol 30.69mg 10%
Sodium 268.96mg 11%
Potassium 265.51mg 6%
Total Carbs 39.21g 13%
Sugars 19.48g 78%
Dietary Fiber 4.79g 19%
Protein 7.15g 14%
Vitamin C 2.4mg 4%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 1.5mg 8%
Calcium 40.5mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 325.81 Kcal (1364 kJ)
Calories from fat 177.79 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.75g 34%
Cholesterol 27.37mg 10%
Sodium 239.9mg 11%
Potassium 236.83mg 6%
Total Carbs 34.97g 13%
Sugars 17.38g 78%
Dietary Fiber 4.27g 19%
Protein 6.37g 14%
Vitamin C 2.1mg 4%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 9%
Iron 1.3mg 8%
Calcium 36.2mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.4
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

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