Healthy Carrot Cake
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Healthy Carrot Cake
Description
The Healthy Carrot Cake recipe involves mixing dry ingredients including plain flour, pecans, orange zest, raisins, salt, baking soda, and mixed spice with wet ingredients like grated carrot, coconut oil, eggs, skimmed milk, and vanilla extract. The batter is baked in a greased springform tin to produce a moist cake with natural sweetness from the carrots and raisins and a subtle citrus aroma from the orange zest.
The cake is finished with a light icing made from fat-free Greek yogurt, maple syrup, and vanilla extract, giving a tangy sweetness that balances the spice and moisture of the cake. Pecans and orange zest are sprinkled on top for added texture and visual appeal.
This cake can also be made into muffins for easier serving, and swapping half the carrot for courgette is an option to add more vegetables. Different dried fruits like cherries or cranberries can be used as alternatives to raisins, and walnuts can substitute pecans to alter the nutty flavor.
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 250 g plain flour
- 8 pecans halved
- 2 tablespoon orange zest
- 1 carrot grated
- 0.5 teaspoon salt sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 teaspoon mixed spice
- 50 g raisins
- 6 tablespoon coconut oil
- 10 g granulated sweetener
- 4 egg
- 80 ml skimmed milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
For the icing:
- 6 tablespoon Greek yogurt 0% fat free
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
- pecans a few pecans and a bit, for decorating
- orange zest a few pecans and a bit, for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 170°C/150°C(fan)/350°F/Gas 3.
- In a bowl, add 250 g Plain flour, 8 Pecans, 10 g Granulated sweetener, 50 g Raisins, 2 tablespoon Orange zest, 0.5 teaspoon Sea salt, 1 teaspoon Baking soda and 0.5 teaspoon Mixed spice and mix well.
- In a separate bowl, add 1 Carrot, 6 tablespoon Coconut oil, 4 Eggs, 80 ml Skimmed milk and 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract. Mix well.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix well.
- Grease a 10 inch spring form tin and pour in the mixture. Put in the oven and bake for 40 minutes.
- Whilst the cake is cooking, make the icing by mixing together 6 tablespoon 0% Fat Free Greek yogurt, 1 tablespoon Maple syrup and 0.5 teaspoon Vanilla extract.
- Remove the cooked cake from the oven and allow to cool fully.
- When the cake is completely cooled, add the icing and sprinkle on A few pecans and a bit of orange zest for decorating.
Notes
- To make muffins instead of a cake, pour the batter into muffin cases and bake for 20 minutes.
- For extra vegetables, replace half the grated carrot with courgette (zucchini), making sure to squeeze out excess liquid before adding.
- Walnuts can be used instead of pecans as a nut alternative.
- Raisins provide sweetness and texture but dried cherries or cranberries can be swapped in for variety.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 190 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1slice | |
| Calories | 190kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 54mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 134mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 69mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 1100IU | 22% |
| Vitamin C | 0.8mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.4mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.9
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