A few years ago i attempted a low fat version rather reluctantly not believing it was possible.
Low fat carrot cake recipe.
I have been making carrot cake for years and each time it seems to improve with a little tinkering here and there.
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.
Instead of the lemon cream cheese frosting try swapping espresso for the lemon juice.
Add half a cup of dried blueberries to the batter and stir in by hand.
Much better than a lot of full fat carrot cake.
Carrot cake with walnuts raisins and pineapple.
Delia s low fat moist carrot cake recipe.
Carrot cake some time back carrot cake became the poster child for a healthy sounding food that is actually a fat and calorie disaster.
It s also one of the quickest easiest cakes ever.
Add cup peanut butter to the batter and mix in with the carrot.
Now i have to admit it s become one of my favourites.
I like a carrot cake that has what i would term good crumb along with great taste.
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.
This recipe delivers a low fat version of a perennial favorite through use of applesauce.
So that makes 2 cups of whole wheat flour total.
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.
I never tire of carrot cake and this is one i make time and time again as it s.
I replaced the cup of cake flour with a cup of whole wheat flour.
Combine the flour baking soda spices and salt.
Add half a cup of drained tinned pineapple along with the carrot.
I have made some adjustments to the recipe to make this low fat.
Many use 100 all purpose flour and some a substituted some whole wheat flour.
It almost uses what you have.
In a large bowl beat the brown sugar buttermilk egg whites egg oil and vanilla until well blended.
For the decoration put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat well until smooth.
