Healthy Carrot Cake Favourite Recipe

Healthy Carrot Cake Favourite Recipe


Ingredients:

  • 100g/4 oz/1 cup grated/shredded carrots
  • 250g/10 oz/2 1/4 cups self-raising flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 300g/10 oz/1 1/3 cups demarara sugar
  • 100g/4 oz/1 cup desiccated coconut
  • 100g/4 oz/three-quarters cup sultanas
  • 75g/2 oz/half cup chopped walnuts
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 100g/4 oz/half cup butter, melted
  • 100ml/4 fl oz (scant half cup) vegetable oil

Makes 16 fingers

Method

* Grease and base-line a 20cm square, loose-based cake tin. Heat the oven to 350F/180C/gas 4.
* Sift flour and cinnamon into a bowl. Stir in the carrots, plus sugar, coconut, sultanas, walnuts.
* In another bowl, beat together eggs, vanilla extract, melted butter and oil. Stir this mixture thoroughly into the flour mix.
* Put mixture into cake tin and bake for 45-50 minutes until golden and firm to touch. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn on to a wire rack to cool. Cut into fingers.

For ideas on how to adapt this recipe - and any other of your favourite recipes - to reduce the fat and sugar content, see Healthy Cake Recipes.

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