Diabetic Carrot Cake
Over a year ago
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Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 2 tbsp Vanilla extract
- 12 ozs Veg Oil
- 3 tsps cinnamon
- 7 ozs Unsweetened Apple juice
- 1 lb Grated carrots
- 2 tsps Baking powder
- 5¼ ozs Raisins
- 4 ozs Chopped nuts[I used Pecan nuts]
- 12 ozs Self raising wholemeal flour[I used Doves Farm]
Accompaniment
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Method
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1. Whisk the eggs in a LARGE bowl,add the oil whisk again.
2. Sift the dry ingredients together in a smaller bowl add to egg&
oil mix,add the vanilla add the apple juice, stir in the grated carrots,fruit and nuts.
3. Pour the mix into 2 9" lined
cake tins bake in a pre-heated oven gas mark 3 for 45/50
mins or until a skewer comes out clean.
4. Cool in the tin for
about 10 mins take out of tins put onto cooling trays to get
cold.
5. Leave overnight, can be frosted with,1, 200g tub of
light philadelphia cream cheese mixed with zest of 1 orange,
or left plain. Can be frozen for a month.Enjoy
hi caroline,i hope you enjoyed the the cake.I try to create different sugar free recipes for diabetics.
This looks delicious - being a diabetic myself I am always on the look out for interesting recipes I can cook. I will definately be trying this one.