Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, whole wheat carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This healthy carrot cake recipe is incredibly moist and nobody will believe it's whole wheat! Recipe includes a less sugary cream cheese frosting. Can also be made with all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour.
Whole Wheat Carrot Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Whole Wheat Carrot Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have whole wheat carrot cake using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Whole Wheat Carrot Cake:
- Take 1/2 cup apple sauce
- Take 1/3 cup maple syrup
- Get 1 1/2 cups grated carrots
- Take 2 eggs beaten
- Get 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Take 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Get 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- Get 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- Take 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Get 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Get 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- Get 1/2 cup dried apricots chopped
Cake is so moist, you don't need the frosting between the layers. I was looking for ways to use up the carrot pulp from my juicer and came across a good recipe for whole wheat carrot cake. I decided to make some substantial changes that resulted in a cake that is flavorful and very light. This moist cake is a keeper and the kids will rave about it.
Steps to make Whole Wheat Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Mix apple sauce and maple syrup in a medium bowl. Then add eggs, vanilla and carrots.
- Mix in salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
- Add baking soda and baking powder. It is important to add these ingredients separate from the rest but just before the flour as they will give your batter some air bubbles.
- Add the flour. Once it is completely mixed in, add the apricots and sunflower seeds.
- Pour the batter into a greased tin and bake for 1 hour.
How to make carrot cake from scratch. This cake is quick and easy to make, versatile and utterly delicious. It wasn't until recently that we realized I like using all-purpose flour, but you can substitute some of the all-purpose flour for whole wheat or white whole wheat flour. My very first whole wheat cake ! If you have visited my space before , you might have noticed that healthy baking is not my forte.
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