Moosewood Restaurant's Fat Free Carrot Cake

Submitted by peachy_pie

"This is a very slightly adapted recipe from Moosewood. This is really amazing for a fat-free, dairy-free and egg-free recipe."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 24 cupcakes
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 2 cups finely grated carrots
• 1 1⁄2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 3⁄4 cups water
• 1 cup sultanas or 1 cup raisins
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups plain flour
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

directions

1. Combine carrots, sugar, water, raisins and vanilla in a saucepan. Simmer for 5 minutes, then remove from heat and let stand for at least 1 hour, preferably about 4 or 5.
2. Stir together the remaining ingredients in a bowl. Make a well in the centre, add the carrot mixture and stir until just mixed.
3. Spoon mixture into 2 x 12 piece muffin tins sprayed with oil.
4. Bake at 180 degrees Ceclius for about 10-15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean. Do not overbake.

Reviews

[Miss Fitz]

This is a very easy to make and extremely tasty - very satisfying considering it's quite healthy! I make muffins rather than cake but either way it takes a while to cook and you walk a fine line between under cooked and getting a dry sponge so I'd recommend cooking slowly and checking often! Great recipe though, thanks. x

 

[noodleme20]

This was a very good recipe. I tweaked it to suit our family's tastes. I subbed regular Splenda for 1/2 of the brown sugar. I added a teaspoon and a half of orange zest, grated 1/4 tsp of fresh nutmeg, one teaspoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of fresh ginger into the raisin mixture. I may have simmered it too long or it may have been the Splenda, but when I added the wet to the dry ingredients, I had to add 1/4 cup of prune puree to make the dough doughy enough to be workable. I also added a splash of vanilla to the cake itself after I mixed everything and a teaspoon of cinnamon followed with some grated nutmeg. I put this into a sprayed bundt pan, and just had the first taste, it is sweet, and not too heavy, just a really nice light flavor. I put a spray of whipped cream on the top. Thanks so much for posting, I'll be making this again!!!