Applesauce Carrot Cake

(makes 16 servings)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups white flour
  
  


• ⅔ cup sugar
  
  


• 2 tsp baking soda
  
  


• ½ tsp nutmeg
  
  


• ½ tsp salt
  
  


• 1½ tsp cinnamon
  
  


• 3 eggs
  
  


• 3 cups carrots, coarsely chopped
  
  


• ¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
  
  


• ¼ cup vegetable oil
  
  

Preparation:

• Mix flour, baking soda, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a large mixing bowl. Set aside
  
  


• In a separate small-sized bowl, combine the applesauce, vegetable oil and eggs. Add to the flour mixture, stirring until the ingredients are well blended. Add carrots and mix well.
  
  


• Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan, or two bread loaf pans, or a cupcake pan.
  
  


• Bake about 1 hour at 350 degrees., or until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part of the cake comes out clean. Set the cake on a wire rack for five minutes. Then, run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake.
  
  


• Turn the cake out onto the rack to cool.
  
  

Make 16 Servings:

Weight loss recipes Amount Per Serving (1/16 cake (73 g)): 147 Calories, 3 g Protein, 24 g carbohydrates, 1 g Dietary Fiber, 5 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 40 mg cholesterol, 254 mg sodium