Lighter Carrot Cake
Recipe By Elky Friedman
- Cooking and Prep: 1 h
- Serves: 10
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Contains:
Ingredients (17)
Cake
Cream Cheese Topping
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For the Cake
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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a baking pan (size of your choice) with nonstick cooking spray.
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine carrots, carrot purée, sugar, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix well. Add oil, applesauce, salt, eggs, and vanilla. Continue mixing well.
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Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. For smaller sizes, bake for 25 minutes.
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Remove from oven to cool.
Frost
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine cream cheese, oil, confectioner’s sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice.
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Frost cake only when it has cooled completely.
