Carrot Cake with Coconut Flakes

Very dense carrot cake recipe! Great way to use up extra carrots in the fridge in this healthy carrot cake. I tried to make this recipe somewhat healthy for being a cake by adding apple sauce and unsweetened coconut flakes. Makes a 9×13 baking dish.

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Carrot Cake Icing:

I used a vegan cream cheese frosting recipe for the topping. I ran out of cream cheese so I had to find a vegan recipe. The link to the frosting recipe is here. You can use any frosting recipe you want though! Buttercream would taste great too!

Tips for making healthy cake:

• grate carrots finely-sometimes while making this, I feel that my carrots are grated too long. A food processor would help cut down on the length, and would leave your dessert not feeling like eating strings of carrots with frosting
• omit coconut flakes-if you do not have coconut flakes, you can use more grated carrots instead

Favorite ingredient brands to use for this cake recipe:

*flour-Gold Medal
*baking soda-Arm & Hammer
*baking powder-Clabber Girl
*spices and vanilla-McCormick
*unsweetened apple sauce-Mott’s
*sugars-C&H Cane Sugar
*coconut flakes-Market Pantry

Overview of how to make easy carrot cake:

• stir together dry ingredients
• beat together wet ingredients, then stir in carrots and cocoanut flakes.
• combine wet and dry ingredients, then pour into a sprayed 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake. Serve with or without frosting.

How to store homemade carrot cake:

• fridge-store this cake with frosting in an air tight container in the refrigerator for up to one week
• freezer-I have not tried freezing this recipe. If you would like to try it, go for it! Let me know how it goes.

Carrot Cake

Very dense cake recipe! Makes a 9x13 baking dish. I used a vegan cream cheese frosting recipe for the frosting.

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 10 people

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medium sized bowl

large bowl

9 x 13 baking dish

tablespoon measure

hand mixer or stand mixer

Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of spices: cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt
• 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• dash vanilla
• 2 cup grated carrots
• 1/2 cup coconut flakes

Instructions

 

• In a medium sized bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, and baking powder, along with the spices. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the apple sauce, eggs, white sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla for 1 minute. Then add in the carrots and coconut flakes. Stir until well combined.
• Pour the flour mixture into the apple sauce mixture, and stir.
• Spray a 9x13 baking dish. Dump batter into baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Place on a wire rack to cool. Spread your favorite frosting on top. Serve.

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