Whole Wheat Pecan Carrot Cake W/ Cream Cheese Icing

Name: Whole Wheat Pecan Carrot Cake W/ Cream Cheese Icing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12 slices
Ingredients: 3/4 cup canola oil; 1 cup egg white; 2 cups whole wheat flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 cups sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 3 cups carrots, finely grated (raw); 1/2 cup pecans, chopped; 2 tablespoons flax seed meal; 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese; 1/4 cup light margarine; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 cups powdered sugar; 3 pecan halves

Submitted by JelsMom

"If you're gonna eat cake, why not get your veggies while you're at it?"

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Ready In:: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients:: 16
Yields:: 12 slices

ingredients

Cake
³⁄₄ cup canola oil
1 cup egg white
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups sugar
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups carrots, finely grated (raw)
¹⁄₂ cup pecans, chopped
2 tablespoons flax seed meal
Icing
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
¹⁄₄ cup light margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
Garnish
3 pecan halves

directions

Preheat oven to 300°F.
Cream together sugar & oil until fluffy. Add eggs & beat well.
Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon, & flax seed meal. Add to creamed mixture.
Fold in grated carrots & pecans.
Pour into 8" or 9" cake pans & bake 1 hour.
Mix together all icing ingredients and set aside.
When cake is cooled, frost with icing, garnish by placing pecan halves in center of cake top in "Y" pattern.