50+ Friends Club Cookbook
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LOW FAT CARROT CAKE WITH FROSTING
From the Kitchen of: 1stMom
Source: Internet
270 calories, 9 fat grams
CAKE |
| | Vegetable cooking spray |
2 | cups | flour |
1 | cup | sugar |
1 | tsp | baking powder |
1 | tsp | baking soda |
3/4 | cup | brown sugar |
3 | cups | grated carrots |
1 | | egg |
3 | | egg whites |
1/3 | cup | vegetable oil |
1/2 | cup | buttermilk |
1 | tssp | vanilla extract |
1 | tsp | ground cinnamon |
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray two 8-inch round cake pans
with cooking spray; set aside.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and brown
sugar. Mix well.
- Stir in carrots. Add egg, egg whites, oil, buttermilk, vanilla and
cinnamon. Mix well on low speed of an electric mixer.
- Pour half of the batter into each pan. Bake for 30 minutes or until
cake tests done.
- Cool in pans for 15 minutes. Turn out of cake pans and cool on a wire
rack. Allow cake layers to cool completely before frosting.
- Spread frosting between layers, on top and sides of cake. Makes 14
servings.
FROSTING |
1/2 | cup | fat-free margarine |
8 | ounces | reduced-fat cream cheese |
1 1/2 | cup | sifted powdered sugar |
1 | tsp | vanilla extract |
- Combine margarine and cream cheese and beat with an electric mixer
until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
(Frosting will be thin. Add powdered sugar as needed to make frosting
spreadable. Mix with an electric mixer after each addition.)