Low-Fat Carrot Cake
- 1 cup flour, unbleached all-purpose
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon ground
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg ground
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves ground
- 6 each egg whites
- 113 cup sugar
- 1 cup applesauce unsweetened
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 ounces pineapple, canned with juice crushed, can, in juice, undrained
- 2 cups carrots shredded
- 23 cups walnuts chopped
- 1/2 cup raisins, seedless
- Preheat the oven to 350F (180C).
- Lightly spray a 13x9x2 baking pan with non-stick spray.
- Set aside.
- In a large bowl, stir together the unbleached flour, the whole-grain flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves; set aside.
- In another large bowl, beat the egg whites with clean, dry beaters until soft peaks form.
- Slowly beat in the sugar.
- Then slowly beat in the applesauce, buttermilk and vanilla extract.
- Using a spoon, stir in the flour mixture just until combined; do NOT overmix.
- Then stir in one ingredient at a time, the crushed pineapple, the shredded carrots, the walnuts and the raisins.
- Spread the batter in the prepared pan.
- Bake for about 40 minutes, or until it tests clean.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
flour, whole wheat flour, cinnamon ground, baking soda, nutmeg ground, cloves ground, egg whites, sugar, buttermilk, vanilla, pineapple, carrots, walnuts, raisins
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/low-fat-carrot-cake-1760 (may not work)