This recipe is Vegetarian, Slimming World (SP) and Weight Watchers friendly
Slimming Eats Recipe
Extra Easy – 3.5 syns for 4 Mini Carrot Bites
Green – 3.5 syns for 4 Mini Carrot Bites
Original – 3.5 syns for 4 Mini Carrot Bites
Mini Carrot Cake Bites
Serves 4
Ingredients
For the carrot cake bites:
- 6 scan bran (6 syns)
- 30g (1oz) of sultanas (4.5 syns)
- 1 cup of sweetener
- Juice and Zest of a Lemon
- Zest of an Orange
- 2 cups of grated carrot
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon of ginger
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon of salt
- ¼ teaspoon of almond extract
- Spray oil
For the frosting:
- ½ cup (120ml) of quark
- Zest of a lemon
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup (2 syns)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180c or 350f
- Grease a square baking pan with some spray oil
- Grate the zest from the lemon and orange and set aside.
- Add the sultanas to a small bowl, along with the juice of the lemon and allow to soak.
- In a large bowl, whisk together thoroughly the eggs, zest and sweetener
- Add the grated carrot and stir thoroughly.
- Soak the scan bran in a dish with some hot water until softened.
- Add the scan bran to the bowl, along with the spices, salt, almond extract, baking soda, baking powder and sultanas and mix until all ingredients are combined.
- Pour into the prepared baking pan and bake in the oven for approx 40 mins. A toothpick or skewer entered into the centre should come out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool completely in a pan, then transfer to a wire rack and refrigerate for at least one hour before serving.
- For the frosting:
- Mix together the quark, juice and zest of the lemon and maple syrup in a bowl, until it becomes a smooth paste. Then refrigerate for at least an hour along with the cake.
- When you are ready to serve, remove the cake from the refrigerator, spread the frosting all over the top of the cake and then cut into 16 equal sized pieces.
- Enjoy!!
Debbie says
Hi I love all your recipes just wondered if its possible to have metric along side your cup measurements .I know there are convertors out there but depending on what is in the cup it could be different for instance 2 cups of grated carrot would not weigh the same as 2 cups of flour or splenda as an example
Thanks.
admin says
I tend to use cups because it is easy. You can get measuring cups from most home stores, like wilkinson or even some pound shops. I know Ikea do them as well.
Fiona says
I have this cake in the oven at the moment, hoping it turns out well, smells nice !!! I know it needs refridgerating after its cooled, but do I need to store it in the fridge too ?
admin says
I kept mine in the fridge, as I find scan bran cakes do not tend to last very long before they start to go mouldy if kept out of the fridge.