no sugar carrot cake with cream cheese icing
(from I can't believe there's no sugar cookbook)
ingredients:
6 egg whites or 1 cup egg substitute
1 cup apple juice concentrate
2/3 cup canola or safflower oil
1/4 cup water
3 cups unbleached white flour
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon lite (or regular) salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups raisins
2 cups carrots (4-6 medium)
instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Stir together egg, apple juice concentrate, oil, and water. Set aside. Sift together dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, baking soda, lite salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg.Put raisins in warm water to plump. Meanwhile, grate carrots, and spray 2 round 9" cake pans with non-stick pan spray.Gently stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened. Drain raisins, and fold in carrots and raisins.Pour into cake pans, and bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Then reduce heat to 325 degrees for 8 to 12 more minutes.Serve cooled (even refrigerated) with frosting.
Sugar free Frosting
ingredients:
1 1/2 cups light cream cheese
1 1/2 Tablespoons margarine, softened
16 packets Equal® (16 grams NutraSweet®; each packet equaling sweetness of 2 teaspoons sugar)
2 teaspoons vanilla
0-2 Tablespoons 1% milk to thin frosting
instructions:
Beat together cream cheese and margarine. Then stir in Equal®, and milk until powder is moistened. Beat until smooth and spread on cake Frosts 2 9" round layers of cake or two dozen cupcakes.
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
no sugar carrot cake with cream cheese icing
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Very Excited about this one!!!
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