Name: Diabetic-friendly carrot cake with cream cheese icing
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: Cooking spray; 80g light margarine, at room temperature; 80g (½ cup, lightly packed) brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 3 carrots, finely grated; 160g (1 cup) wholemeal self-raising flour; 75g (½ cup) self-raising flour; 1½ tsp mixed spice; 2 x 50g eggs, lightly whisked; Finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange; 60ml (¼ cup) low-fat milk; Extra orange zest, to serve; Cream cheese icing:; 125g extra-light cream cheese; ¼ tsp finely grated orange zest; 3 tsp freshly squeezed orange juice; 2 Tbsp Equal Spoonful

Diabetic-friendly carrot cake with cream cheese icing

This veggie-packed snack is a little slice of heaven.

Serves 16

Prep

20M

Cook

45M

Total

1H 5M

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Light and delicious, you’ll love this easy, cheese-y carrot cake!

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Nutrition Info Per Serve (with icing) 507kJ, protein 4g, total fat 3.6g (sat. fat 1g), carbs 17g, fibre 3g, sodium 140mg. • Carb exchanges 1. • GI estimate medium.

Nutrition Info Per Serve (without icing) 467kJ, protein 3g, total fat 3.3g (sat. fat 0.8g), carbs 17g, fibre 3g, sodium 119mg. • Carb exchanges 1. • GI estimate medium.

Ingredients

Cooking spray

80g light margarine, at room temperature

80g (½ cup, lightly packed) brown sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 carrots, finely grated

160g (1 cup) wholemeal self-raising flour

75g (½ cup) self-raising flour

1½ tsp mixed spice

2 x 50g eggs, lightly whisked

Finely grated zest and juice of 1 orange

60ml (¼ cup) low-fat milk

Extra orange zest, to serve

Cream cheese icing:

125g extra-light cream cheese

¼ tsp finely grated orange zest

3 tsp freshly squeezed orange juice

2 Tbsp Equal Spoonful

Method

Preheat oven to 170°C (fan-forced). Spray a 16cm x 26cm (base measurement) slice tin with cooking spray. Line base and sides with baking paper, allowing paper to overhang sides.

Using a wooden spoon, mix margarine, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl. Stir in carrot. Add flours, mixed spice, egg, orange zest and juice, and milk. Mix until well combined.

Spoon mixture into prepared tin and use the back of a spoon to smooth the surface. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.

Set aside in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make cream cheese icing, whisk cream cheese, orange zest and juice, and Equal Spoonful in a small bowl.

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