Lightened Up Carrot Cake
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 8:58am

Ingredients




3 cups flour – sifted
5 tablespoons butter
2 cups shredded carrots
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
½ cup applesauce
1 tsp. vanilla
½ tsp. salt
1/3 cup milk
4 eggs
Zest of 1 lemon
Dashes of cinnamon
Dashes of nutmeg
Crumble for Top of Cake: (Optional)
4 - 5 sleeves of graham crackers
2 tablespoons of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of butter

Preparation

1 Preheat Oven 350 degrees: 2 Butter a baking pan. 3 Cream the butter and sugars until very light and fluffy.  Add the spices and grated lemon zest and continue to beat. 4 Add the eggs, one at a time while beating on low. Stir in the carrots and the applesauce. 5 Sift the dry ingredients. Add the vanilla to the milk and add to the dry ingredients.  Add the flour mixture to the blender while the blender is on lowest speed. 6 Optional – Crumble Topping 7 In food process combine; the graham crackers, brown sugar and butter. 8 If using a bundt pan place topping at the bottom of pan, then turn batter into pan. 9 Bake 30-35 minutes or until cake springs back when pressed in the middle or toothpick test comes out clean.

About

This is a fresh and light cake to enjoy with a good cup of coffee.
With Love,
Catherine
xo