Carrot cake (Heart Healthy)

Serving size : 16

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups nonfat or lowfat margarine
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup egg substitute
3 cups self-rising flour
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
8 oz crushed pineapple, undrained
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups carrots, grated
1 cup raisins
1 cup Grape-Nuts cereal
1/3 cup flax seed

in a large mixing bowl, cream together margarine, sugars, egg substitute, pineapple, and vanilla. Add raisings, Grape-Nuts cereal, and flax seed. Mix well. Add the flour and spices. Mix well. Fold in the grated carrots. Pour into a bundt pan sprayed with non-fat spray. Bake in a 350 degree (F) oven for 45 to 60 minutes. Remove from oven and cool cake upright on baking rack fro 5 minutes. Remove from pan. Enjoy plain or frost with any nonfat cream cheese frosting after cake have cooled completely.

Fat-free cream cheese frosting

Ingredients:
1 package Cream cheese (Kraft Philadelphia)
8 oz margarine
2-3 tsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
4 c powdered sugar

Cream cheese, margarine, milk and vanilla. Gradually add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.

Hope you enjoy this recipe. I made this for a nutrition class and it's modified to be more heart healthy. If anyone did try this recipe, please PM me to let me know if you like it.

This post has been edited by jthm: Dec 14 2005, 08:14 AM