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Recipe Exchange => Desserts and Sweets => Topic started by: umpa on December 09, 2010, 08:58:15 AM
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Carrot Cake
and cream cheese butter frosting 30 carbs entire recipe
INGREDIENTS
3/4 Cup xylitol
3/4 cup peanut oil
3 eggs
2 cups un blanched almond flour
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups zuchinni shredded ( 4medium)
One tablespoon orange food coloring
1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
Cream Cheese Frosting do
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter softened
3 teaspoons heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoon vanilla
3 tablespoons xylitol
Heat oven to 350°F.
Grease bottom and sides of one 13x9-inch pan or two 8-inch or 9-inch round pans with non stick cooking spray
Shred zucchini. Lay out in paper towels or a dish towel and roll up and squeeze water out as you are rolling. Repeat this till all liquid is gone.
Put zucchini in bowl and add orange food coloring
In another mixing bowl, beat xylitol, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed about 30 seconds Add , cinnamon, baking soda ,baking powder ,vanilla and the salt. Beat on low speed 1 minute.
Stir in flour, zucchini and walnuts
Pour into pans.
Bake 13x9-inch pan 40 to 45 minutes, round pans 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.
Remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely
In medium bowl beat cream cheese and butter.
Add whipping cream, xylitol and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until smooth.
Frost and refrigerate for frosting to firm back up
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This sounds TOO YUMMY!! I am going to print it and try it. I am not good with stuff like this but I'll give it a try.
WOO HOO!! Thanks Umpa!!!
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I promise you can do it Sherripie! :D
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Can I use Stevia instead of Xylitol? I have such a sensitivity to sugar alcohols.
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Sounds great. Where can you get xylitol?
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You can get xylitol from health food stores or online(amazon is my choice). It is birch bark and 100 % natural.Great for your teeth!
I find if you are sensitive to it you are using too much.I use 1/3 cup xylitol for 1 cup sugar for what is called for in sugars in recipes.
You can use Stevia or sweetner of your choice.(If using splenda add the carbs) ;)
This is a great cake! :)
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Will the liquid sweet and low or publix liquid sweetner slow/stall weight loss (http://www.fattoskinny.com/) ? It says that it has no carbs ,also do you use they Xylitol for your coffee or not ?
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No I think your sweetner is ok always look at the ingredient list if you are concerned and the creamer you use.I like stevia in my coffee.I use xylitol for cooking and baking Jo ;)
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Thanks Umpa ! Barbers Heavy whipping cream in the purple and white container states that it has 0 carbs ,then in the ingredients it says heavy cream and skim milk so how is that possible to have 0 carbs ?
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heavy cream is zero skim milk is not contact the manufacturer and tell them your son is a diabetic and ask that question.They will get back to you quick. ;)
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Umpa, the "Carrot" Cake was delicious!! Is it a typo or did you put 2 Tblsp. of vanilla in the icing? I just put 2 tsp. and it was good. I thought 2 Tblsp. would turn it brown.
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We like a really vanilla vanilla flavor and when I asked Umpa she verified it is 2 tablespoons however it can be reduced if you wish. ;)
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this is my favorite cake.. where can you find the unbleached almond flour? how many servings per cake?
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My healthfood store carries it.Any healthfood store that carries NOW vitamin products can get it for you.Amazon too, its like $4.40 a bag there. ;)
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Thanks Umpa..
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In the Bakery Book I did carb counts based on the entire recipe.To me a cake is 12 -14 servings to you it might be 10.So the carb counts are for the entire recipe and you can make it as many servings as you like. ;)
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Umpa this is wonderful!! I made this tonight and couldn't wait for it to cool enough to have a piece...LOL I think I know why my brownies weren't very sweet. I realized that I am using the crystallized xylitol in stead of the powdered.... :o That might make a difference. I'll get it straight one of these days. I just put it in the grinder and it worked just fine. Thanks for a great recipe!! Hubs might even like it. ;D ;D
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Ok so now I know it is a winner ;D ;D Hubs had a piece when he got home this morning and said that it was very good...Yea!! Thanks again Umpa!! You rock!! I cut mine in 15 squares so that would make it 2 net carbs per piece. :o That is just to awesome!
Might have to freeze the individual pieces so that I am not tempted to often ;) ..LOL Does this freeze well?
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i would think it would freeze just fine.I haven't tried it though.Try one piece first.Thanks for the feedback! ;D
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I froze it and it was still very good.
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Thanks guys If I don't get it in the freezer before my daughter gets home from college I don't think it will make it there...LOL so yummy!
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The same recipe makes wonderful cup cakes too. Umpa has a mini cupcake pan so when she makes them portion control is very easy and delicious! ;)
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Yes I will try and make them cup cakes the next time.... that is a great idea. I'm anxious to try other recipes now only I promised myself I would just do one a week...LOL I need to break the habit of needing something sweet. It's a work in progress for sure :-\
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If I can help you please ask ;)
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I made the Carrot Cake today and it was wonderful! I only made 1/3 of a cake...
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Grandson loves this recipe i make his as cupcakes ;)
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I made this cake for Thanksgiving and it was DA BOMB!!! Thanks for the recipe 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Thanks! Its one of my favorites :)
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Hi, your carrot cake sounds great. How do I determine the nutritional info and especially the carbs for it?
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Hi Margot! Its posted with the recipe.The whole cake is 30 carbs.I did all the recipes in The Fat to Skinny Bakery Book by total carbs for the whole recipe because your idea on a serving of cake may be different than mine.So you divide the 30 carbs by number of servings.When baking low carb always follow the direction exactly.It took me years of failures to come up with good recipes. If I can help you please ask. ;)
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Umpa, I don't have any peanut oil in the house. Is it possible to use canola instead? or is it that the peanut oil gives you the extra peanut taste?
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Good morning Morgan, are you up early baking already? I was ready the recipe for carrot cake yesterday and thought abput making it for my mothers birthday. but I thought I might ask her if she even likes carrot cake? haha! carrot cake is MY favorite! anyways have a fun day baking and let us know how it turns out. I bought ingredients for cheese cake. so maybe it will be cheese cake for us! bye for now
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Hi Morgan you can use canola 8) This is one of my favorite cakes! Right out of the FAT TO SKINNY Sugar Free Bakery book.
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I use what I have in the house ;) Make sure you press all the water out of the zucchini. You are gonna love it :)
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umpa, my mother is coming here this Thursday from Texas. her birthday Sat. (74) I ask her what kind of cake she wants. and she wants carrot cake. so glad about that! so now I get to make it fts way. I was wondering about using stevia instead of xylitol? would it be the same amount? and I dont have the peanut oil. what do you think of coconut oil? I can buy the peanut oil. I also have canola oil on hand.
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Hi Deb I'm not sure about the stevia because I'm not experienced with using it especially with baking, so I'll just leave that to someone else. However I do know that you could use any of the oils that you mentioned. You are going to love this one...it is for sure one of my favorite recipes. No one in my house could tell it wasn't made with carrots ;D ;D
A very happy birthday to your mother :D
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This is not a recipe Stevia will work on.The cake will be bitter. Canola would be great,TooSweet is correct about the oils being interchangeable. She makes beautiful wedding cakes. ;) Follow the directions exactly.The most important thing is making sure you press the moisture out of the zucchini or the cake will be wet.This is my grandsons favorite breakfast food at my house.
Happy Birthday to Mom! ;)
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Thanks ladies, I was going to do a trial run of these tonight in cupcakes. but it is soooo hot! I got my first order from netrition. it was so fast.. I think its worth the 4.95 ship :)ping to not fight the traffic and crowds. thanks again, ha ha i cant gets the smiley face deleted. silly tablet.
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Welcome to the FTS family, GemiRai!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)
If you love carrot cake, you will love this recipe! :)
Over the years, I've had many versions of carrot cake.
This one is right at the top for flavor and texture.
Just be sure to follow the recipe TO THE LETTER!
We have TONS of other fantastic recipes here, too.
And many more in our FTS cookbooks.
If you ever need some support, or would just like to vent or chat,
please engage in our conversations.
We love helping others reach their FTS goals.
Tony