Low Fat Vegan Carrot Cake Recipe

Vegan carrot cake rating.

Low fat vegan carrot cake recipe.

I like a carrot cake that has what i would term good crumb along with great taste. The original recipe calls for 1 2 cup each of shredded carrots and walnuts but i have increased it to 1 cup each. Much better than a lot of full fat carrot cake. Unrated 19 this is.

In a large bowl mix sugar and pumpkin until creamy. In a large bowl whisk together the flour baking powder baking soda cinnamon nutmeg and salt. Therefore it s a vegan recipe that s made only with vegetable based ingredients. While this does keep it simple and makes it virtually foolproof and a great vegan cake recipe for new vegans or anyone new to baking to try it also means that this carrot cake isn t super light and fluffy.

Besides it not being vegan my mom s cake has 1 1 2 cups of canola oil 2 cups of sugar 3 eggs. Some recipes used cake flour. Carrot cake with walnuts raisins and pineapple. Many use 100 all purpose flour and some a substituted some whole wheat flour.

And although it does not contain fat it keeps the nutritional value of the carrot nuts and the fruits that you add. Preheat the oven to 350 f and grease a 9x13 baking pan. Gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. This recipe delivers a low fat version of a perennial favorite through use of applesauce.

Bake 19 minutes then allow the healthy carrot cake cupcakes to cool before removing from the tray. I also used allspice powder instead a mix of various other spices because i didn t have them in hand. It almost uses what you have. And 2 packages of cream cheese and a stick of butter for the frosting.

Find the best carrot cake recipe with or without pineapple plus recipes for carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and other easy carrot y treats. My low fat veganized version cuts the canola oil down to only 2 tablespoons. Top them with the frosting recipe linked above or with my healthy cream cheese frosting recipe also posted on the blog. These healthy and vegan carrot cake cupcakes are soy free and can be gluten free and sugar free.

Preheat oven to 350 f. Combine the flour baking soda spices and salt. In a large bowl beat the brown sugar buttermilk egg whites egg oil and vanilla until well blended. Unbelievably delicious sugar free fat free vegan carrot cake made with whole wheat flour.