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Carrot Cake With Low Fat Cream Cheese Frosting

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Carrot Cake With Low Fat Cream Cheese Frosting - CDKitchen.com

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  1-2 hrs

ingredients


Cake

1 cup unbleached flour
1 cup whole-grain flour
2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
6 egg whites
1 1/3 cup sugar
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ounces crushed pineapple in juice, undrained
2 cups shredded carrots
2/3 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup raisins

Cream Cheese Frosting

8 ounces light cream cheese, soft style
1 cup marshmallow creme
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar

directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Lightly spray a 13" x 9" x 2" baking pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.

In a large bowl, stir together the flour, whole-grain flour, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and cloves, set aside.

In another large bowl, beat the egg whites with clean, dry beaters until soft peaks form. Slowly beat in the sugar. Then slowly beat in the applesauce, buttermilk and vanilla extract. Using a spoon, stir in the flour mixture just until combined, do NOT over mix. Then stir in, one ingredient at a time, the crushed pineapple, the shredded carrots, the walnuts and the raisins.

Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake for about 40 minutes, or until it tests clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.

For the frosting: In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese, marshmallow creme, lemon juice and vanilla until well combined. Then gradually beat in the powdered sugar.

Spread the frosting on the cooled cake.

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