Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, whole wheat carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Whole Wheat Carrot Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Whole Wheat Carrot Cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
This healthy carrot cake recipe is incredibly moist and nobody will believe it's whole wheat! Recipe includes a less sugary cream cheese frosting. Can also be made with all-purpose flour or gluten-free flour.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have whole wheat carrot cake using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Whole Wheat Carrot Cake:
- Make ready 1/2 cup apple sauce
- Make ready 1/3 cup maple syrup
- Get 1 1/2 cups grated carrots
- Get 2 eggs beaten
- Prepare 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Take 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- Get 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- Prepare 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- Prepare 1/2 cup dried apricots chopped
Whole wheat flour (spelt flour): It is crucial you use one these flours. White flour or any gluten free flour acts differently. Easy healthy carrot cake recipe starts with baking, frosting and serving it all in the same pan. Cake is so moist, you don't need the frosting between the layers.
Instructions to make Whole Wheat Carrot Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Mix apple sauce and maple syrup in a medium bowl. Then add eggs, vanilla and carrots.
- Mix in salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
- Add baking soda and baking powder. It is important to add these ingredients separate from the rest but just before the flour as they will give your batter some air bubbles.
- Add the flour. Once it is completely mixed in, add the apricots and sunflower seeds.
- Pour the batter into a greased tin and bake for 1 hour.
Like my most cake recipes, this carrot cake is also made with whole wheat flour. though you can also make it with all-purpose flour. The cake tastes good and is filling. There is a slight denseness in the cake due to whole wheat flour. I tried testing carrot cake with different methods and ingredients five. My very first whole wheat cake !
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