From Cookie and Kate
Favorite Carrot Cake
- Time
- 1 hr 20 min
- Makes
- 16
- Ingredients
- 15
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Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour or all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups white whole wheat flour or regular whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 ½ pounds peeled and grated carrots* (about 4 cups)
- 1 cup raw pecan or walnut halves
- ¾ cup mild extra-virgin olive oil** or melted coconut oil
- 1 ¼ cups maple syrup or honey
- 1 cup milk of choice
- 4 eggs, preferably at room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Double batch classic cream cheese frosting or naturally sweetened cream cheese frosting
Nutrition · per serving
1 slice of cake topped with classic cream cheese frosting per serving
- Calories
- 519 kcal
- Fat
- 29.4 g
- Fiber
- 5.3 g
- Sugar
- 33.7 g
- Sodium
- 441.2 mg
- Protein
- 7.4 g
- Trans fat
- 0 g
- Cholesterol
- 82.8 mg
- Carbohydrate
- 59.3 g
- Saturated fat
- 9.9 g
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