Receta Lightened Up Carrot Cake
This is a fresh and light cake to enjoy with a good cup of coffee.
With Love,
Catherine
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Ingredientes
- 3 cups flour â sifted
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups shredded carrots
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup applesauce
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1/3 cup milk
- 4 eggs
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Dashes of cinnamon
- Dashes of nutmeg
- Crumble for Top of Cake: (Optional)
- 4 - 5 sleeves of graham crackers
- 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons of butter
Direcciones
- Preheat Oven 350 degrees:
- Butter a baking pan.
- Cream the butter and sugars until very light and fluffy. Add the spices and grated lemon zest and continue to beat.
- Add the eggs, one at a time while beating on low. Stir in the carrots and the applesauce.
- Sift the dry ingredients. Add the vanilla to the milk and add to the dry ingredients. Add the flour mixture to the blender while the blender is on lowest speed.
- Optional â Crumble Topping
- In food process combine; the graham crackers, brown sugar and butter.
- If using a bundt pan place topping at the bottom of pan, then turn batter into pan.
- Bake 30-35 minutes or until cake springs back when pressed in the middle or toothpick test comes out clean.
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Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving | %DV |
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Serving Size 192g | |
Recipe makes 8 servings | |
Calories 533 | |
Calories from Fat 117 | 22% |
Total Fat 13.28g | 17% |
Saturated Fat 7.47g | 30% |
Trans Fat 0.0g | |
Cholesterol 121mg | 40% |
Sodium 281mg | 12% |
Potassium 242mg | 7% |
Total Carbs 96.33g | 26% |
Dietary Fiber 2.3g | 8% |
Sugars 58.68g | 39% |
Protein 8.37g | 13% |