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Sugar Free Carrot Cake (diabetic friendly & delicious!)
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- normal cake cooling time approx 1hr depending on weather
- Easy
- Makes 1 cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 4/5 eggs depending on size
- 1.25 cups light Olive Oil
- 25g Advantage sweetener (TheGreatNutritionCompany.com)
- 2.5 Cups Cake Flour
- 2. Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 level teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
- Half cup Walnut Pieces
- Pinch of Salt
- 2 teaspoons ground Cinnamon
Topping
- 4/5 eggs depending on size
- 1.25 cups light Olive Oil
- 25g Advantage sweetener (TheGreatNutritionCompany.com)
- 2.5 Cups Cake Flour
- 2. Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 level teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
- Half cup Walnut Pieces
- Pinch of Salt
- 2 teaspoons ground Cinnamon
- 200g low fat Philadalphia cream cheese
- 1-2 teaspoons Advantage Sweetener (mix and adjust sweetness to personal taste)
Method
- STEP 1Preheat Oven to 180deg C. 1.Finely grate fresh carrots equal to 3 cups - place in large mixing bowl. Sprinkle with half the Advantage sweetener ,plus 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of Soda and mix together.
- STEP 2Using a mechanical whisk on highest speed, whip the eggs until light and very fluffy.
- STEP 3Slowly, drizzle the oil into the fluffy eggs, whisk on slowest setting.
- STEP 4Mix together and sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and half of the Advantage sweetener, salt & cinnamon).
- STEP 5Slowly, add the dry ingredients to the fluffy egg mixture. Stir until fully blended or mix gently but quickly on lowest mixer speed.
- STEP 6Fold the grated carrot mixture in divided portions into the cake mixture and finally add the broken up nut pieces.
- STEP 7Pour into a pre-buttered baking tin - either a load tin, square or round tin
- STEP 8Place in oven at 180*C for approximately 40 minutes.
- STEP 9Test cake readiness with a clean probe then remove from oven to cool in a draft-free area. Leave in tin until cool.
- STEP 10Remove from tin and apply prepared topping like conventional 'icing' - optional decoration with whole walnuts.
- STEP 11Keep in cool, dry area until ready to serve.