Dessert

Mama CD's High Fibre Carrot Cake is for Dessert.

Mama CD's High Fibre Carrot Cake takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Mama CD's High Fibre Carrot Cake takes 45 minutes to cook.

Mama CD's High Fibre Carrot Cake makes 18 servings.

The ingredients for Mama CD's High Fibre Carrot Cake are:

1.5 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup bran
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking soda
pinch salt
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
3 eggs
3/4 c butter or margarine
1 tsp vanilla
2 cupsgrated carrots
1 cup drained crushed canned pineapple
1/2 cup flax meal (or substitute: ground or chopped nuts)

Icing:
1 pkg cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup icing sugar

For a low carb version, use splenda and at least half soya flour in recipe.

Here is how you make Mama CD's High Fibre Carrot Cake:

Grease and flour 13- x 9-inch (3.5 L) metal cake pan; set aside.In large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. In separate bowl, beat together sugars, eggs, oil and vanilla until smooth; pour over flour mixture and stir just until moistened. Stir in carrots, pineapple. Spread in prepared 13" x 9" metal pan.Bake in centre of 350?F (180?C) oven for 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack. Icing: In bowl, beat cream cheese with butter and vanilla until smooth. Beat in icing sugar, one-third at a time, until smooth. Spread over top of cooled cake. serves 18Number of Servings: 18Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAMA_CD.

The nutritional information for Mama CD's High Fibre Carrot Cake is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 18
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 310.0

• Total Fat: 16.9 g
• Cholesterol: 77.3 mg
• Sodium: 195.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 38.4 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.1 g
• Protein: 4.8 g