Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, whole wheat carrot cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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.
Whole Wheat Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Whole Wheat Carrot Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have whole wheat carrot cake using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Whole Wheat Carrot Cake:
- Take 1/2 cup apple sauce
- Prepare 1/3 cup maple syrup
- Prepare 1 1/2 cups grated carrots
- Make ready 2 eggs beaten
- Take 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Get 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- Get 1/2 teaspoon ginger
- Take 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Prepare 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Take 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- Prepare 1/2 cup sunflower seeds
- Make ready 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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