Delia s low fat moist carrot cake recipe.
Low fat carrot cake recipe.
In a large bowl beat the brown sugar buttermilk egg whites egg oil and vanilla until well blended.
It s also one of the quickest easiest cakes ever.
I have been making carrot cake for years and each time it seems to improve with a little tinkering here and there.
Many use 100 all purpose flour and some a substituted some whole wheat flour.
This recipe delivers a low fat version of a perennial favorite through use of applesauce.
A few years ago i attempted a low fat version rather reluctantly not believing it was possible.
Add cup peanut butter to the batter and mix in with the carrot.
But we d forgotten how much of a disaster it could be until we looked at an online recipe from a celebrity chef who shall go unnamed.
Instead of the vegetable oil i used one cup of non sweetened apple sauce.
Add half a cup of drained tinned pineapple along with the carrot.
I never tire of carrot cake and this is one i make time and time again as it s.
Combine the flour baking soda spices and salt.
Carrot cake with walnuts raisins and pineapple.
Although we usually cook a thanksgiving style feast for our christmas dinner mom voted for a low key meal instead and bought ham honey mustard and chutneys as toppings potato salad as requested by grandma when she gets a craving there s no stopping her ambrosia salad again grandma s request a baguette and pecan pie for dessert.
Now i have to admit it s become one of my favourites.
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It almost uses what you have.
Much better than a lot of full fat carrot cake.
I replaced the cup of cake flour with a cup of whole wheat flour.
Some recipes used cake flour.
For the decoration put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat well until smooth.
Add half a cup of dried blueberries to the batter and stir in by hand.
Instead of the lemon cream cheese frosting try swapping espresso for the lemon juice.
I like a carrot cake that has what i would term good crumb along with great taste.
Carrot cake some time back carrot cake became the poster child for a healthy sounding food that is actually a fat and calorie disaster.
Gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended.
