Recipe: Tasty Healthy Carrot Cake

Healthy Carrot Cake.

You can cook Healthy Carrot Cake using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Healthy Carrot Cake

  1. You need 4 of eggs.
  2. You need 3/4 cup of vegetable oil.
  3. Prepare 1 1/2 cup of white sugar.
  4. It’s 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
  5. You need 2 cup of whole wheat pastry flour.
  6. It’s 2 tsp of baking soda.
  7. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.
  8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
  9. It’s 2 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  10. Prepare 3 cup of grated carrots.
  11. It’s 1 cup of chopped pecans.
  12. You need of FROSTING.
  13. It’s 1/4 cup of butter, softened.
  14. It’s 1 of (8 oz. ) package Neufchatel cheese, softened.
  15. You need 2 cup of confectioners' sugar.
  16. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
  17. It’s 1 cup of chopped pecans.

Healthy Carrot Cake step by step

  1. COOK: 1 hr.
  2. READY: 2-1/2 hr.
  3. Preheat oven to 350 ° F. Grease and flour a 9×13-inch pan..
  4. In a bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar, & 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, & cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan..
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely..
  6. FROSTING: In a medium bowl, combine butter, Neufchatel cheese, confectioners' sugar, & 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans. Frost the cooled cake..

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