Carrot cake - low fat, low sugar

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 20
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 178.1
  • Total Fat: 9.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 9.3 mg
  • Sodium: 80.4 mg
  • Total Carbs: 19.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.0 g
  • Protein: 2.8 g

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Introduction

I took my delicious carrot cake recipe and tried to make it healthier. It didn't come out the same as my regular carrot cake - but everyone liked it! I took my delicious carrot cake recipe and tried to make it healthier. It didn't come out the same as my regular carrot cake - but everyone liked it!
Number of Servings: 20

Ingredients

    3/4 cup Applesauce - unsweetened
    1/2 cup oil
    1/2 brown sugar or demarera sugar
    Sugar subsitute - equivalent to 1 cup regular sugar
    4 eggs
    1 cup whole wheat flour
    1 cup all purpose white flour
    2 teaspoons cinnammon
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    3 cups grated carrot
    1 cup chopped nuts
    Optional: 1/2 cup raisons

Directions

1. Mix the oil, sugar, sugar substitute and eggs together.
2. Sieve all dry ingredients into a seperate bowl and then add to the above mixture.
3. Add the carrots, nuts and raisons..
4. Bake in a medium over (180 deg. C) for about 30 to 35 min - until a skewer put thru the middle of the cake comes out dry.

This makes about 20 slices - depending on how small you cut them!!!

Number of Servings: 20

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RAZAYOTAIR.

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