Healthy Carrot Cake
- 1 cup FAGE Total Greek Yogurt
- 1/2 cup carrot, grated
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup golden raisins
- 1/3 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup sunflower oil
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/3 cup whole meal flour
- 1/2 cup wheat germ
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Mix the carrots, yogurt, orange juice, sugar, golden raisins, sunflower seeds, oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
- In another bowl, thoroughly mix the flour, wheat germ, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- Fold the dry ingredients gradually into the carrot mixture until blended.
- Spoon the mixture into a lightly greased 12 in x 7.5 in rectangular cake tin, and bake for 1 hour.
- Remove from the oven and turn out onto a cooling rack. Allow to cool for 2 hours, cut into squares and store in an airtight container.
- To make this even more delicious, mix together the ingredients below until it forms a smooth paste. Spread on top of cake and decorate with walnuts. | 1/2 cup FAGE Total Greek Yogurt | 1/2 cup reduced-fat soft cream cheese | 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar or Splenda | 16 walnut pieces
yogurt, carrot, orange juice, brown sugar, golden raisins, sunflower seeds, sunflower oil, eggs, vanilla, meal flour, germ, baking soda, cinnamon, ubc
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/healthy-carrot-cake-51416291 (may not work)