Virtuous Carrot Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:

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1 1/2 cup melted butter ( sweet cream, unsalted)
1 1/2 cup honey
4 eggs
3 tsp vanilla extract
grated zest of 1/2 orange
2 cup whole wheat flour
2 cup unbleached flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground allspice
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 1/2 cups packed, finely shredded carrot , soaked in about 1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup each raisins and walnuts
1/2 cup poppy seeds (optional)
optional and not quite virtuous mascarpone icing
2 (8 oz) packages mascarpone, softened
(it's really just an italian variation of cream cheese, feel free to substitute cream cheese)
1/2 cup butter, softened (again , unsalted sweet cream)
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350. Grease 2 loaf pans or 2 9” round cake pans. Sprinkle the buttered interior of the pans with poppy seeds.
Beat the honey, butter, eggs, vanilla, and orange zest together in a generously-sized bowl, starting with the butter & honey, then adding the eggs one at a time. (You want to kind of cool the melted butter off with the honey so the eggs don't cook!) Sift the dry ingredients together twice.
Gradually mix the flour mixture and the carrot mixture into the butter mixture. Mix the ingredients together gently, taking care not to “overwork” the batter as that will make your cake tough or dry. If you want to use the poppy seeds, sprinkle the buttered pans with them. Divide the batter into the 2 pans and bake. Baking time will vary depending on the type of pan you choose. Round pans will need 25-35 minutes and loaf pans will need 45-55 minutes to bake. Cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn them out to finish cooling.
This is really quite tasty without the icing. If you do want to ice it, then cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar and smooth over the cooled carrot cake. When I do choose to ice it, I like to top the icing with walnut halves, and of course cover the sides with lots of chopped walnuts.

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	8041.56 Kcal (33668 kJ)
Calories from fat	3977.96 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	442g	680%
Cholesterol	1682.42mg	561%
Sodium	3481.58mg	145%
Potassium	4768.74mg	101%
Total Carbs	969.3g	323%
Sugars	428.99g	1716%
Dietary Fiber	43.76g	175%
Protein	93.69g	187%
Vitamin C	22.1mg	37%
Vitamin A	6.1mg	202%
Iron	47.7mg	265%
Calcium	2192.8mg	219%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	380.58 Kcal (1593 kJ)
Calories from fat	188.26 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	20.92g	680%
Cholesterol	79.62mg	561%
Sodium	164.77mg	145%
Potassium	225.69mg	101%
Total Carbs	45.87g	323%
Sugars	20.3g	1716%
Dietary Fiber	2.07g	175%
Protein	4.43g	187%
Vitamin C	1mg	37%
Vitamin A	0.3mg	202%
Iron	2.3mg	265%
Calcium	103.8mg	219%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

196.9

Points
224

PointsPlus

Good Points

saturated fat free

Bad Points

High in Sodium,
High in Sugar,
High in Total Fat

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