Better For You Carrot Cake
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Preparation Time: 35 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- 1 cup slivered almonds
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup flax seed meal
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg whites
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1 cup extra light olive oil
- 3 cups coarsely grated carrots
- 1 cup finely diced peeled apple
- 8 ounces cream cheese, not the light kind
- 6 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
- 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Recipe
- 1 grind half the almonds; mix with the next seven ingredients.
- 2 in another bowl, beat the eggs, egg whites, and sugar really well. mix in oil. fold in the flour mix. stir in the carrots, apples and the rest of the almonds.
- 3 spread into two 9 inch circle pans, greased and lined with parchment paper. grease the paper too. a 9x13 pan will do too.
- 4 bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean from the middle. cool in pans for 10 minutes, then put the cakes on racks to finish cooling.
- 5 for the frosting, beat all the ingredients together. frost the cake after it's cooled.
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