Delicious Low Fat Carrot Cake Food

HEALTHIER CARROT CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• Beat together eggs, oil, white sugar, and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract in a large bowl. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean, 40 to 50 minutes. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
• To make frosting: Combine butter, Neufchatel cheese, confectioner's sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Beat until mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans. Spread frosting over completely cooled cake.

LOW FAT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180C.
• Put the eggs, granulated sugar, vegetable(or olive)oil into a bowl and beat well.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and allspice into the bowl, then fold into the mixture.
• Add the carrots, sultanas (or raisins), lemon juice and pinch of salt, and mix well together.
• Spoon the mixture into a baking tin (I use 18cm circle non-stick) and bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the center comes out dry. Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out to cool completely.
• For the decoration, put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat well until smooth. Spread evenly across the top of the cake (make sure that the cake is cool enough otherwise the cream will melt and slide down), then put in the fridge for at least 5 hours.

FRAGRANT AND HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together the whole wheat flour, cake flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, carob, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the molasses, oil, eggs and orange juice. Mix until the dry ingredients are moistened, then stir in the orange zest, lemon zest, raisins, figs, poppy seeds, carrots and pecans until evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes before removing from the pan.

LITE CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour one 9x13 inch pan or two 9 inch round cake pans.
• Separate eggs and beat egg whites until frothy, then continue whipping and gradually add 1/2 cup of the white sugar. Beat until stiff.
• In a large bowl combine; the cake flour, wheat flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon, mix until blended. Add the oil and the buttermilk and mix well. Add the egg yolks and mix well. Fold in the egg whites and then the carrots. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 35 minutes. Cool and frost with your favorite Cream Cheese frosting using light cream cheese.

SKINNY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 8-inch round cake pan with cooking spray.
• Whisk together flour, white sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a large bowl.
• Combine egg whites and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until fluffy.
• Place carrots into a food processor and process until finely grated but not pureed into a pulp, 2 to 5 seconds.
• Pour carrots and applesauce into flour mixture; mix well. Fold in egg white mixture and mix until thoroughly combined. Spoon batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean and the cake is pulling away from the sides of the pan, 27 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cake cool completely on a wire rack.

LOW-FAT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the brown sugar, buttermilk, egg whites, egg, oil and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking soda, spices and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Fold in carrots and pineapple. Pour into a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack. , In a small bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add the confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and vanilla; beat until smooth. Drizzle over cake.

THE ULTIMATE LOW-FAT MOIST CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• You will need a non-stick baking tin measuring 25.5cm x 15cm (10 x 6 inches) and 2.5 cm (1 inch) deep, the base lined with greaseproof paper.
• Preheat oven to gas mark 3, 325ºF, 170ºC.
• Begin by whisking the sugar, eggs and oil together in a bowl using an electric hand whisk for 2-3 minutes. Then sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and the mixed spice into the bowl, tipping in all the bits of bran that are left in the sieve.
• Now stir all this together and then fold in the orange zest, carrots and sultanas.
• Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake on the centre shelf of the oven for 35-40 minutes, until it is well risen and feels firm and springy to the touch when lightly pressed in the centre.
• While the cake is cooking, make the topping by mixing all the ingredients in a bowl until light and fluffy, then cover with clingfilm and chill for 1-2 hours or until needed.
• Now you need to make the syrup glaze, and to do this whisk together the fruit juices and sugar in a bowl. When the cake comes out of the oven, stab it all over with a skewer and quickly spoon the syrup over as evenly as possible.
• Leave the cake on one side to cool in the tin, during which time the syrup will be absorbed.
• Then, when the cake is completely cold, remove from the tin. spread the topping over, cut into 12 squares and dust with a little more cinnamon.

LIGHT & MOIST LOW-FAT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray nonstick 12-cup Bundt-style pan with nonstick cooking spray with flour.
• Combine flour, soda, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, and salt.
• In large bowl, with mixer on medium speed, beat eggs and egg whites until blended. Beat in sugars; beat 2 minutes. On low speed, beat in pineapple with juice, oil, and vanilla. Add flour mixture; beat 1 minute. Stir in carrots and raisins.
• Pour batter into pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Invert cake onto rack; cool completely.

DELICIOUS LOW-FAT CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• In a bowl combine the cake flour, baking soda and spices.
• In another bowl beat egg and egg whites together with sugar and oil until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes).
• Stir in buttermilk and vanilla; mix until combined.
• Gradually add in the flour mixture to the liquid mixture using low speed or with a wooden spoon.
• Add in shredded carrots and pineapple into the batter; mix until combined using wooden spoon.
• Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish.
• Bake for about 35-40 minutes or until the cake tests done.
• Cool completely if frosting.

SUGAR FREE CARROT CAKE (DIABETIC FRIENDLY & DELICIOUS!)

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 180deg C. 1.Finely grate fresh carrots equal to 3 cups - place in large mixing bowl. Sprinkle with half the Advantage sweetener ,plus 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of Soda and mix together.
• Using a mechanical whisk on highest speed, whip the eggs until light and very fluffy.
• Slowly, drizzle the oil into the fluffy eggs, whisk on slowest setting.
• Mix together and sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and half of the Advantage sweetener, salt & cinnamon).
• Slowly, add the dry ingredients to the fluffy egg mixture. Stir until fully blended or mix gently but quickly on lowest mixer speed.
• Fold the grated carrot mixture in divided portions into the cake mixture and finally add the broken up nut pieces.
• Pour into a pre-buttered baking tin - either a load tin, square or round tin
• Place in oven at 180*C for approximately 40 minutes.
• Test cake readiness with a clean probe then remove from oven to cool in a draft-free area. Leave in tin until cool.
• Remove from tin and apply prepared topping like conventional 'icing' - optional decoration with whole walnuts.
• Keep in cool, dry area until ready to serve.

A DIFFERENT FLUFFY, LIGHT AND MOIST CARROT CAKE (VERY LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 370 F (190c).
• Grease a 9 inch pan.
• Beat egg whites until stiff and then slowly pour in 1/2 cup of sugar, beating constantly.
• In another bowl, beat the egg yolks and the remaining sugar then add lemon rind, lemon juice, salt and cinnamon, beating continuously.
• Add in the carrots, corn starch and mix.
• Add the egg whites to the mix slowly and small amounts at a time mixing continuously in a top to bottom rotating movement.
• Pour the batter into the pan.
• Level the surface with a spatula (do not pressure it though and move very lightly).
• Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean and cake is golden.
• For frosting:.
• Whip the whipping cream until it thickens.
• In a separate bowl, mix the sugar and cheese until smooth.
• Add in the whipped cream.
• Frost cooled cake.

DELICIOUSLY HEALTHY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Add yogurt, carrot pulp, milk, maple syrup, apple pulp, dates, and egg. Mix with a wooden spoon until batter is blended and thick.
• Spread batter in the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.