Christmas

Christmas carrot cake is for Snack.

Christmas carrot cake takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Christmas carrot cake takes 50 minutes to cook.

Christmas carrot cake makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Christmas carrot cake are:

50g dessicated coconut
1 orange
75g softened butter or margarine
75g apple sauce
150g soft brown sugar
150g self raising flour
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
300g grated carrots
50g raisins, optional
50g chopped walnuts, optional

Topping as desired....icing, buttercream, etc.

Here is how you make Christmas carrot cake:

Place the coconut in a small bowl and add the zest and juice of 1 orange. Stir and set aside.Cream the butter, sugar and apple sauce. Mix in the flour.Add the eggs, cinnamon, vanilla essence, carrots, coconut mixture, raisins, and nuts. Fold in well to mix.Grease and line a 8"/20cm round or square cake tin.Bake at gas mark 4/180 centigrade for 45 - 60 minutes.The cake is done when a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.Allow cake to cool, then cover with any topping you desire. I use traditional icing and marzipan. But buttercream or frosting would be suitable as well.Makes 10 small slices as each slice is very filling. The nutritional information is for the cake without any topping. Number of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MRS.DOYLE.

The nutritional information for Christmas carrot cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 326.8

• Total Fat: 21.9 g
• Cholesterol: 63.8 mg
• Sodium: 393.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 36.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
• Protein: 5.1 g