This is the cake I took to that little gathering last Sunday I told you about, since I was asked to bring dessert. The light isn’t good enough for pictures of it, but note that it is good enough for pictures of the closet interior, because that is WHITE and BRIGHT and has a light in it!!!! It’s a balance beam that Joseph made for Bridget when she was little. When I just do raisins, it rises.īut pineapple is so good… it’s just… wet and heavy.īefore we get into that, here’s the closet progress:Īre you wondering what that wooden thing is sticking out behind the bookcase there on the right? No, it actually falls - the cake doesn’t rise in that nice domed way cakes should. It’s squarely at the high end because it tastes so good. I chose not to frost the sides of the carrot cake, but you certainly can if you prefer.Not as in: in the middle of the scale of fabulous carrot cakes. If you know you are going to be baking the cake later in the day, set out your cream cheese several hours in advance so it has time to fully come to room temperature! I have often tried to speed up the process by microwaving the cream cheese, but that generally leads to lumpy frosting ( bad idea)! It is important when using cream cheese in a frosting that you allow the cream cheese to set out long enough to fully come to room temperature. I would tend to agree with her - the frosting really makes the cake! I chose to add just a touch of cinnamon to this cream cheese frosting, and it really adds something extra special! She said “the cake is good, but I could eat a whole bowlful of that frosting!” Several people taste tested this cake for me, and one of them declared that the Carrot Cake Icing was the BEST part. See how simple that is?! Carrot Cake Frosting Then simply pour the sugar free carrot cake batter into two 8 inch round cake pans, and bake! (You want the water to be very warm - if it is cold, it will solidify the coconut oil.) Prepare your Cake Pans for BakingĬut out a circle of parchment paper that fits evenly into the bottom of your cake pan, and spray the sides of the pan well with coconut oil spray. Then add the wet ingredients - grated carrots ( I used a grater like this one), eggs, melted coconut oil, vanilla, and HOT water. The Baking Blend, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and Gentle Sweet are all combined in a large bowl. Since there is no butter to cream in this recipe, I begin by mixing the dry ingredients first. So when you subtract the fiber from the total carbs you have a carb count of 4 net carbs per slice! However, in this keto carrot cake, there are nowhere near that many! This healthy carrot cake with cream cheese frosting clocks in at just 10 grams of carbs per slice. In a traditional carrot cake recipe, which uses white flour and regular sugar, there are sometimes more than 35 grams of carbs. So this healthy carrot cake can also be termed low carb and keto-friendly! How many carbs are in a slice of carrot cake with cream cheese frosting? Spread out over the 12 servings of cake, you can see that it does not equal very many carbs per serving. This healthy carrot cake recipe only calls for 1 cup of grated carrots, which only contains 8 grams of net carbs. If you are a Trim Healthy Mama, the amount of carrots in this cake still fits well within the THM-S category! The truth is that carrots are higher in carbs than other low carb vegetables, but with only 4 net carbs for one medium carrot, they can be enjoyed in moderation. Perhaps you have heard that carrots are too high in carbs to be considered a “low carb vegetable.” Fortunately for you, I’ve already done all of the work - so all you need to do now is make it yourself! I promise, you won’t regret it! Are Carrots High in Carbs?
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