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72 Calorie Carrot Cake

Ever wanted to eat an entire cake and still lose weight? Now you can with this super moist and flavorful low calorie carrot cake!

Original recipe: weightlosswithveera.com

Yield:
4 servings
Prep:
8 min
Cook:
20 min
Total:
28 min
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72 Calorie Carrot Cake

Ingredients

  1. 1 egg
  2. 50 g 0 calorie brown sugar*
  3. 40 g 0% fat greek yogurt*
  4. ½ tsp vanilla extract
  5. 15 g unsweetened applesauce*
  6. 35 g all-purpose/plain flour
  7. 1 tsp baking powder
  8. ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  9. ¼ tsp ground ginger
  10. ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg
  11. ⅛ tsp ground cloves
  12. 30 g grated carrot
  13. 60 g Philadelphia lightest or 3% fat cream cheese*
  14. 30 g 0 calorie icing sugar*
  15. ½ tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C (350°F). Line the inside of a 6-inch cake pan with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. Make the frosting by mixing together the cream cheese, 0 calorie icing sugar and vanilla extract until smooth. Set aside in the fridge whilst making the cake.
  3. To make the cake, whisk together the egg and 0 calorie brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the yogurt, applesauce and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth.
  4. Add the flour, spices, baking powder and shredded carrot and whisk to combine.Transfer the batter to the lined cake pan and bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out with a few crumbs.
  5. Allow the cake to cool completely.Frost the cooled cake, cut into 4 slices and enjoy!