Tropical Carrot Cake
By: Linda Owens
Published: Friday, March 26, 2010 - 8:39am

Ingredients




2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 cup egg beaters
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla paste(or extract)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups carrots, shredded
1 small can crushed pineapple, undrained
1/2 cup coconut flakes

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2 In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. 3 Add the egg beaters and applesauce and vanilla. Mix well. 4 Add carrots, pineapple and coconut.  Mix well 5 Pour into 9X13 pan(or 2 9" cake pans) and bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out of center clean. 6 Cool completely.

About


This is an old favorite recipe that has been around for ages!  The oil and eggs in the original recipe have been replaced with applesauce and egg beaters to create a low fat version.
Frost this cake with Lite Cream Cheese Frosting!