Weight Loss Recipes : Applesauce Carrot Cake

(makes 16 servings)

Ingredients:2 cups white flour


? cup sugar


2 tsp baking soda


½ tsp nutmeg


½ tsp salt


1½ tsp cinnamon


3 eggs


3 cups carrots, coarsely chopped


¾ cup unsweetened applesauce


¼ cup vegetable oil


Preparation:Mix flour, baking soda, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a large mixing bowl. Set aside


In a separate small-sized bowl, combine the applesauce, vegetable oil and eggs. Add to the flour mixture, stirring until the ingredients are well blended. Add carrots and mix well.


Pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan, or two bread loaf pans, or a cupcake pan.


Bake about 1 hour at 350 degrees., or until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part of the cake comes out clean. Set the cake on a wire rack for five minutes. Then, run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake.


Turn the cake out onto the rack to cool.


Make 16 Servings:Weight loss recipes Amount Per Serving (1/16 cake (73 g)): 147 Calories, 3 g Protein, 24 g carbohydrates, 1 g Dietary Fiber, 5 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 40 mg cholesterol, 254 mg sodium