Healthified Carrot Cake

Name: Healthified Carrot Cake
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 79 milliliters canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix); 79 milliliters canola oil; 473 milliliters shredded carrots (about 4 medium); 118 milliliters fat-free egg product; 1 teaspoons fat-free (skim) milk; 237 milliliters Gold Medal® all-purpose flour; 296 milliliters granulated sugar; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 79 milliliters chopped pecans; 710 milliliters powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 2 Tbsps butter or no-trans-fat 68% vegetable oil spread stick, softened; 118 milliliters Gold Medal® whole wheat flour

Healthified Carrot Cake requires roughly 2 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 16 servings with 293 calories, 3g of protein, and 10g of fat each. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Easter event. A mixture of baking powder, pecans, ground cinnamon, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottoms only of two 8-inch round cake pans with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix egg product, oil, pumpkin, 1/4 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until well blended.

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Cooking Spray

Pumpkin

Vanilla

Milk

Egg

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

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Add all remaining cake ingredients except carrots. Beat on low speed 30 seconds or until well blended. Stir in carrots.

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Carrot

Pour batter evenly into pans.

Bake 28 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Carefully run knife around sides of pans to loosen; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.

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Toothpicks

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In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. On low speed, beat in 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla until well blended. Beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until smooth. If necessary, add milk, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until frosting is desired consistency.

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Powdered Sugar