Dessert

"Best Carrot Cake" is for Dessert.

"Best Carrot Cake" takes several minutes to prepare.

"Best Carrot Cake" takes several minutes to cook.

"Best Carrot Cake" makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for "Best Carrot Cake" are:

Cake:
2 cup wheat flour
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 cup egg substitute
1 c sugar
1 c splenda
1/4 c vegetable oil
1/2 cup applesauce
3/4 c lowfat buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 c grated carrot
1 8-oz can crushed pineapple, drained
~3.5 oz or ~ 1/2 c shredded coconut (sweetened baking coconut is about twice the calories)
1 c chopped walnuts

From the recipe on Sparkrecipes "sugar free carrot cake with sugar free frosting"

Frosting:
1 1/2 cup fat free cream cheese (room temp)
1 1/2 teaspoons butter (room temp)
16 Equal packets or Splenda packets (to taste)
2 tsp vanilla

Here is how you make "Best Carrot Cake":

Coat 2 9-in pans with baking spray (or butter/flour), line with wax paper, then grease wax paper.Stir first four ingredients. In separate bowl (if you like) beat eggs and add next four ingredients and mix until smooth. Add to first four ingredients, beat until blended. Fold in carrots, pineapple, coconut, and walnuts. Pour half of batter into each pan. Bake at 350F 25-30 minutes.When finished, you can ice the cakes and stack them with this cream cheese icing or whatever you choose. Cake without icing is 12 servings of ~290 calories each. With icing is 12 servings of ~330 calories each.Makes 12 servings.Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user GEM1784.

The nutritional information for "Best Carrot Cake" is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 368.1

• Total Fat: 17.4 g
• Cholesterol: 16.1 mg
• Sodium: 608.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 47.2 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.4 g
• Protein: 10.8 g