Skinny Carrot Cake Food

SKINNY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottoms only of two 8-inch round cake pans with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix egg product, oil, pumpkin, 1/4 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until well blended.
• Add all remaining cake ingredients except carrots. Beat on low speed 30 seconds or until well blended. Stir in carrots. Pour batter evenly into pans.
• Bake 28 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Carefully run knife around sides of pans to loosen; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. On low speed, beat in 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla until well blended. Beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until smooth. If necessary, add milk, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until frosting is desired consistency. Spread frosting between cake layers and on top. Sprinkle with pecans.

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.

SLIMMED DOWN CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• For the carrot cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease the bottom of a 13-by-9-by-2-inch baking pan with cooking spray, line with parchment paper and grease the paper with cooking spray.
• With an electric mixer, cream the granulated sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs together in a large bowl. Sift together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a separate bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and mix well. Add the carrot puree, coconut, walnuts and pineapple and beat until smooth.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool the cake for about 5 minutes. Spray a wire rack with cooking spray. Run a knife around the edges of the pan and turn the cake out onto the wire rack. Cool completely before frosting.
• For the frosting: Using an electric mixer, beat the Neufchatel in a medium bowl until smooth. Slowly add the confectioners' sugar and continue beating until fully combined. Mix in the vanilla.
• Frost the cake and garnish with the chopped walnuts. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

THE SKINNY BRIDE'S GUIDE TO CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*F.
• Combine splenda eggs and apple sauce
• In a separate bowl combine the next six ingredients.
• Using an electric mixer, gradually beat flour mixture into egg mixture.
• Gently, stir in carrots.
• Bake in bundt pan for 35-40 minutes or until tooth pick inserted near the center comes out clean.

SKINNY CARROT FRIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cut carrots into 'fries', about 1cm thick, and mix with cornflour and a little black pepper. Toss with vegetable oil, spread in a single layer on a baking tray lined with parchment, and bake for 40-45 mins, turning halfway. Mix a little salt with tarragon and toss through the cooked fries.

SKINNY CARROT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom of a 13 x 9 pan with cooking spray AND line it with parchment paper, spraying the paper as well.
• 2. In an electric mixer, cream sugar, applesauce, vanilla and eggs together.
• 3. In a large bowl sift together four, salt, baking soda and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar mixture and mix well. Add the carrot puree, coconut, walnuts and pineapple and beat until smooth.
• 4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until toothpick comes out clean. Cool the cake for 5 minutes. Spray a wire rack with cooking spray. Run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake. Turn the cake onto the wire rack to cool.
• 5. Once the cake is completely cool, put the cake on a serving plate and frost and garnish with walnuts. It's best to refrigerate this cake until ready to serve, also store covered in refrigerator.
• 6. FROSTING: Using an electric mixer beat Neufchatel cheese until smooth. Slowly add powdered sugar on low speed. and continue to beat until combined. Add vanilla. Mix well and frost cake.