Carrot-Pineapple Cake from Healthy Diabetic Recipes

Carrot-Pineapple Cake Recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

1/2 cup Butter or oleo, softened
3 Eggs
1/4 tsp Salt
3 cup Shredded carrots
1 cup Thawed frozen unsweetened -----------ICING---------- pineapple juice concentrate
2 tsp Vanilla
2 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
2 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Ground nutmeg
1 tsp Ground cinnamon
8 oz Cream cheese, softened
1 can (8 oz) crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice, drained well
1 tsp Vanilla
1/2 cup Chopped toasted pecans (op)

Recipe Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat butter in large bowl until creamy.
Blend in eggs, pineapple juice concentrate and vanilla. Combine flour,
baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt. Gradually add to egg mixture,
beating until well blended. Stir in carrots. Spread batter evenly into
greased 12 x 8" baking dish. Bake 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted
in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Prepare Icing by
combining all ingredients except pecans. Mix well. Spread over cooled cake.
Sprinkle with pecans, if desired.

Nutritional information per serving: calories - 319, protein - 6 g.,
fat - 16 g., carbohydrates - 37 g., cholesterol - 95 mg., sodium - 346 mg.
Diabetic Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch/Bread, 3 Fat, 1 Fruit.

FROM: Favorite All Time Recipes - Sugar-Free Desserts Copyright
December 1992

NOTE*** Lower fat content by using egg substitutes, omitting pecans, and
using Neufchatel (light) cream cheese in icing.

Servings: 12

“Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish.”

~ Henry Miller, American writer (1891-1980)

 

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