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Carrot cake pancakes?

amk44
amk44 Posts: 159
edited September 2024 in Recipes
Does anyone have a low cal carrot cake recipe, or know a site where I can get one? And/or cream cheese topping? Thanks in advance.

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  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    I'm sure you could make a cream cheese icing sweetened with honey instead of sugar. :happy: I don't know of any carrot cake recipes but isn't it usually just a normal cake with shaved carrots and walnuts inside?
  • panther87
    panther87 Posts: 78 Member
    i use a spice cake mix and then add carrots, pineapple, coconut and nuts. theres usually a recipe on the side/back of the box for it and also a way to make it lower cholesterol, and by using applesauce you can make it lower in fat.
    as for the frosting using a low fat cream cheese with powdered sugar would make a nice frosting.
    hope this helps. Good luck.
  • GossipG
    GossipG Posts: 4
    maybe one of these?

    1.) http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/cuisine/european/english/low-fat-moist-carrot-cake.html

    2.) http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,176,159162-233204,00.html

    I prefer the first one !!

    I hope I could help you..

    bye, GG*
  • Mirlyn
    Mirlyn Posts: 256
    Well I am making a carrot cake next month for my son's birthday so your question sparked my interest so I looked it up and tweaked an already low calorie recipe to make it a little lower calorie and this is what I came up with.



    * Bread, reduced-calorie, wheat, 4 slice (remove)
    * Egg substitute, liquid (Egg Beaters), 1 cup (remove)
    * Coconut oil, virgin, 4 tbsp (remove)
    * Vanilla Extract, 2 tsp (remove)
    * Great Value Instant Nonfat Dry Milk Powdered, 1.33 cup (remove)
    * Baking Soda, 2 tsp (remove)
    * Brown Sugar Substitute-Sugar Twin, 36 tsp (remove)
    * Cinnamon, ground, 2 tsp (remove)
    * Pineapple, fresh, 2 cup, diced (remove)
    * Carrots, raw, .5 cup, chopped (remove)

    Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth, bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

    If you portion it into 8 servings then each serving will be:

    8 Servings

    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 137.9
    Total Fat 7.5 g
    Saturated Fat 0.0 g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 0.2 g
    Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
    Cholesterol 0.3 mg
    Sodium 457.9 mg
    Potassium 256.2 mg
    Total Carbohydrate 13.4 g
    Dietary Fiber 2.4 g
    Sugars 7.1 g
    Protein 5.6 g
    Vitamin A 28.6 %
    Vitamin B-12 10.0 %
    Vitamin B-6 5.0 %
    Vitamin C 11.4 %
    Vitamin D 9.2 %
    Vitamin E 2.5 %
    Calcium 8.2 %
    Copper 3.6 %
    Folate 11.9 %
    Iron 7.0 %
    Magnesium 3.5 %
    Manganese 42.4 %
    Niacin 3.7 %
    Pantothenic Acid 6.6 %
    Phosphorus 5.6 %
    Riboflavin 28.2 %
    Selenium 16.5 %
    Thiamin 11.0 %
    Zinc 3.3 %


    Edited to add: 36 tsp is 3/4 of a cup. There wasn't a cup option on the recipe calculator for brown sugar substitute.
  • fitandhealthy
    fitandhealthy Posts: 82 Member
    Oh! I'm bumpin for all the good recipes! Thanks! :flowerforyou:
  • amk44
    amk44 Posts: 159
    Thanks, guys. I was actually looking for a carrot cake "pancake" recipe and messed up when I posted, and left out the word "pancake". :tongue: But I think a carrot cake recipe can probably be modified to make it as a pancake. I had seen a reference to a Carrot Cake Pancake with Cream Cheese sauce on a Weight Watchers brochure, and it peeked my interest (since I like pancakes, although I limit myself on how often and how much), but had never tried a carrot cake flavor. I have some nonfat cream cheese, so figure I can fudge some kind of sauce with it. I love experimenting. Thanks for the recipes posted.
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