Low Fat Carrot Cake. Vegan & Healthy Carrot Cake Cupcakes. No one can ever tell they aren't full of fat and calories! But while traditional carrot cake may seem healthy (it's made with a vegetable!), it is secretly full of so much sugar, fat, and empty calories that you might as well be eating a Snickers bar.
This is made with a can of crushed pineapple which makes it very moist. Seriously the best carrot cake ever!! I feel like it is some healthier than any other recipe. You can cook Low Fat Carrot Cake using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Low Fat Carrot Cake
- Prepare 2 of large eggs, beaten.
- Prepare 60 g of granulated sugar.
- Prepare 50 ml of vegetable or olive oil.
- Prepare 130 g of plain flour.
- Prepare 10 g of baking powder.
- You need 2 tbsp of ground cinnamon.
- It’s 3 of large carrots, grated.
- You need 100 g of sultana or raisins.
- It’s 2 tsp of lemon juice.
- It’s Pinch of salt.
- It’s of [For cream cheese decoration].
- You need 200 g of mascarpone cheese.
- It’s 20 g of unsalted butter.
- Prepare 30 g of icing sugar.
Low in sugar and super moist. a Must try!! Tender carrot cake full of cozy spices & topped with sweet cream cheese frosting. It's protein-packed & has less than half the calories of a traditional recipe! in Baking· Cake· Clean Eating· Desserts· Gluten Free· Low Fat· Vegetarian. Tender carrot cake full of cozy spices & topped with sweet cream.
Low Fat Carrot Cake instructions
- Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and allspice into the bowl, then fold into the mixture.
- Add the carrots, sultanas (or raisins), lemon juice and pinch of salt, and mix well together..
- Spoon the mixture into a baking tin (I use 18cm circle non-stick) and bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the center comes out dry. Leave in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out to cool completely..
- For the decoration, put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat well until smooth. Spread evenly across the top of the cake (make sure that the cake is cool enough otherwise the cream will melt and slide down), then put in the fridge for at least 5 hours..
Using a maximum of natural sweetness of its ingredients with minimum sugar and oil. I was curious to try a lower fat version of my favourite cake. I made a few executive decisions; I added more carrots, raisins and therefore a little more flour and baking powder..are low-fat, but you would never know it, they bake out high with tons of flavor and are extremely moist, you may throw in some chopped nuts also — for In a medium bowl mix the shredded carrots with the crushed pineapple. A moist low fat but tasty carrot cake. Great taste but low in fat, definitely one to try if your watching the waistline x.
