Health Carrot Cake with Maple syrup cream cheese frosing

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 24
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 104.7
  • Total Fat: 1.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 2.7 mg
  • Sodium: 251.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 23.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
  • Protein: 2.2 g

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Introduction

Healthy and very yummy! Lots of compliments on how good it was! Healthy and very yummy! Lots of compliments on how good it was!
Number of Servings: 24

Ingredients

    2 cups spelt flour or whole wheat flour
    2 tsp baking soda
    2 tsp baking powder
    2 tsp cinnamon
    1 tsp salt
    2 cups grated carrots
    1 cup skim milk, soy milk or rice milk
    1 1/2 cups applesauce
    1 cup maple syrup
    optional 1/2 cup walnuts

    Frosting"
    8 oz (1 cup) cream cheese
    4 oz (1/2 cup) maple syrup

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl (flour, baking soda, powder, cinnamon and salt). Grate the carrots. Add carrots along with the rest of the ingredients except for the walnuts to the flour mixture. Mix until "just mixed". Mix in the walnuts (if using).
Pour into greased 9x13x2 pan. Bake for 40-50 minutes at 350F until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Cool for 30 minutes and then frost with cream cheese frosting.

Cream cheese & maple syrup frosting:
Bring cream cheese to room temperature.
Whisk the cream cheese until light, then add teh maple syrup and continue to whisk until thoroughly blended.

makes 24 servings


Number of Servings: 24

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TRYAN00.