Apple-carrot Cake And Best Ever Cream Cheese Frosting

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup unbleached flour or 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 eggs
• 2 egg whites
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/2 cup 2% buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups carrots, shredded (about 2 medium)
• 1 apple, peeled and shredded
• 8 ounces light cream cheese, softened
• 8 ounces fat free cream cheese, softened
• 3 tablespoons light butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 lightly coat a 13" x 9" baking dish with nonstick spray.
• 4 in a medium bowl, combine the whole wheat flour, unbleached or all-purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and cloves.
• 5 in a large bowl, using an electric mixer set on high speed, beat the eggs and egg whites for 1 minute, or until foamy.
• 6 beat in the applesauce, buttermilk, and vanilla extract until blended.
• 7 gradually beat in the flour mixture.
• 8 stir in the carrots, and apple.
• 9 scrape into the prepared pan and smooth the surface.
• 10 bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the cake begins to pull away from the sides of the pan.
• 11 cool completely in the pan on a rack.
• 12 frosting:.
• 13 in a medium bowl, using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat the light cream cheese, fat-free cream cheese, and butter for 2-3 minutes, or until smooth and fluffy. gradually beat in the confectioner's sugar.
• 14 stir in the vanilla extract.
• 15 use immediately or cover and refrigerate for several hours.
• 16 let the frosting return to room temperature and whisk again to lighten it before using.
• 17 when completely cool, spread the cake with the frosting, swirling it for a decorative appearance. garnish with the walnuts, if using.