If you love carrot cake, but don't like spending all those calories, then this is the recipe for you. Grab a slice and enjoy with your favourite cuppa.
and this delicious Best Ever Carrot Cake will not disappoint. Moist fruit cake with the flavour of cinnamon with flecks of carrot and sultanas, topped in a smooth cream cheese topping.
For the frosting I use a mixture of low fat cream cheese and vanilla Greek yogurt with some icing sugar.
If you want to freeze some of this for another day, I suggest doing so without the icing, and then you can add the frosting when required.
For the Cake I use a 8inch springform pan
Once the cake is cooked. I slice into 8 equal size slices and stack two slices on top of each other with the frosting in between and on top.
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Lighter Oat Carrot Cake
If you love carrot cake, but don't like spending all those calories, then this is the recipe for you. Grab a slice and enjoy with your favourite cuppa.
Ingredients
- 125g (4.5oz) of rolled Oats
- 2 teaspoons of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- ¼ cup (4 tablespoons) of granulated sweetener (I use erythritol)
- 1 small carrot, grated and squeezed of excess moisture
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- 30g (1 oz) of sultanas
- 6 tablespoons of fat free vanilla Greek yoghurt
- 2 large eggs
for the icing:
- 3 tablespoons of fat free vanilla Greek yoghurt
- 2 tablespoons of low fat cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon of icing sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160c fan, 180c or 350f (gas mark 4)
- Place the oats in a blender and pulse till fine.
- Add the baking powder, cinnamon, sultanas and mix to combine.
- Add in the grated carrot.
- In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs and granulated sweetener
- Add the lemon juice and yoghurt and whisk till combined.
- Add this into the oat mixture and stir till all combined.
- Pour into a greased 8inch springform pan.
- Bake in the oven for approx 1 hour (a skewer entered into the centre should come out clean).
- Allow to cool and then cut the cake into 8 equal slices
- Add the yoghurt, icing sugar and cream cheese to a bowl and mix to combine.
- I recommend waiting until ready to enjoy before adding the icing, you can keep it chilled in a container in the fridge.
- When ready to enjoy, spread half the icing on 4 slices of cake, top each slice with an additional slice and then top with the remaining icing and enjoy!!
Notes
Please see below for nutritional info box and details about recipe:
- Gluten Free Friendly - use gluten free oats
- Vegetarian Friendly
- Extras: add some chopped nuts to the top of the cake
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Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1 SERVINGAmount Per Serving Calories 210Total Fat 4.5gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 102mgSodium 378mgCarbohydrates 31gFiber 4gSugar 7gProtein 12g
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Vivienne Pennington says
Just making this. I find that having to find the UK measurement difficult as every this in cups weighs differently in grams. Spend lot of time switching between screen. Is their easer way? The sukrin is very expensive here too. You are right about after taste in the other groups of sweetener.
Will post pictures when cooked.
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Vivienne, I use cups as they are much easier and quicker than constantly weighing things. I always give the mls equivalent to the cup measurements, so if you have jug with ml measurements on it, you can use that 🙂 - most home stores sell cups nowadays. I actually bought mine at Ikea when I still lived in the UK.
Helia says
Hi, is it ok if I don't add the lemon juice if I don't want a lemon flavor? Does that affect the fluffiness of the cake?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
no it won't affect the cake, it should work fine 🙂 - enjoy
Jennifer Edge says
You can buy measuring cups in Home Bargains or Dunelm.