Carrot Applesauce Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups unbleached flour (up to 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour may be substituted)
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup raisins or 1 cup dried currant
• 4 eggs
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar or 1 1/4 cups honey or 1 1/4 cups maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 2/3 cups unsweetened applesauce
• 3 cups finely grated carrots
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 oil a 10-inch bundt or tube pan or a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• 3 sprinkle the sesame seeds on the bottom and partway up the sides of the oiled pan.
• 4 set the pan aside.
• 5 in a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.
• 6 whisk the eggs in a separate bowl.
• 7 stir in the oil, sweetener (s), vanilla, applesauce, and carrots and mix well.
• 8 add the wet ingredients to the dry, stir until just mixed, and pour the batter into the pan.
• 9 bake for 65 to 70 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 10 when done, allow the cake to sit in the pan for at least 15 minutes.
• 11 then invert it onto a plate and dust it lightly with powdered sugar.