SF/Low sugar carrot cake recipe, anyone?
on 10/17/08 9:41 am - The beautiful, US Virgin Islands......, XX
petite...I cook a LOT of different stuff....and normally I have tons of recipes...but this is one that I can't help with....
I've tried to cook a WLS friendly carrot cake....but they never turn out good enough to serve any of my guests. I love carrot cake, but I can't find a way to make it where it won't turn against us! Sorry! betweenthe amount of carrots, black walnuts, flour, and a few other ingredients, this one is a tough cookie...er..I mean cake...
i've tried coconut flour, almond flour, flax meal....you name it...bt it eather tastes terrible or isn't like carrotcake at all....
sadness...
T.
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CARROT CAKE
4 medium carrots grated
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/8 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cups Splenda or Wheylow
3 large eggs or 3/4 cup Eggbeaters
1 tsp. vanilla
1 15.5 oz can small red beans, rinsed and drained
1 1 oz box sugar free/fat free instant vanilla pudding
6 oz fat free plain yogurt
1 cup almond meal
Process beans, oil and eggs in either a blender or food processor till smooth. Add remaining ingredients and process again till smooth.
I added pecans and organic unsweetened coconut to the final product.
Pour into a 13" x 9" glass pan sprayed with Pam.
Bake @ 350 F. 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
When cooled, I frosted with fat free cram cream that I added a few tsp. of fat free half and half and about 1 cup Splenda and whipped up till smooth. I stored it in the fridge.
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Diabetic Carrot Cake
4 eggs
2 TBS.. vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups cooking oil
3/4 can frozen unsweetened apple juice (concentrate-thawed)
3 tsp.. cinnamon
3 cups raw grated carrots
2 tsp.. baking soda
1 cup raisins
1 tsp.. salt
1 cup nuts, chopped
2 cups all purpose flour
Beat eggs and add oil. Sift together dry ingredients. Add to egg & oil mixture. Add vanilla & juice. Stir in carrots, raisins & 1/2 cup nuts. Pour batter into greased cake pan and sprinkle 1/2 cup nuts on top. Bake in preheated oven for 325 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes.
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