Oatmeal Pineapple Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
A healthier but still delicious carrot cake with cream cheese frosting! This one is perfect for spring or Easter!
How to Make This:
Ingredients:
Cake Ingredients:
2 Lg Eggs
1 1/4 cups finely grated carrot ( I think next time I would use 1 cup carrot and 1 small banana)
20z can crushed pineapple, drained
1 cup Plain fat free Greek yogurt( or fat free sour cream)
1⁄3 cup Maple syrup (or brown sugar)
1 1⁄4 cup All-purpose flour
3⁄4 cup Quick cooking rolled oats
2 tsp Coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp Baking soda
1⁄2 tsp Baking powder
3⁄4 tsp salt
1 tsp Ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Frosting:
4 oz 1/3 less fat cream cheese
1⁄2 cup Confectioners' sugar
1⁄8 cup Plain fat free Greek yogurt(you can use 1-2 Tbsp milk instead)
1/2 tsp Vanilla extract
Instructions:
Mix flour, oats, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon together well in a medium bowl, set aside.
In a mixer or by hand, mix together eggs, carrots, pineapple, Greek yogurt, maple syrup, coconut oil, and vanilla until well incorporated.
Mix dry ingredients into wet, by hand, don't overmix.
Pour batter into prepared 9X13 inch baking dish and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Let cake cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting, mix all frosting ingredients together until creamy. Frost cake once it is cooled.
Enjoy!
WW Points (Per Serving):
Makes 12 servings. WW Points per serving - 6 PTs. If you are a WW member click this link to take you to the recipe and Recipe builder for current WW Points and to track it in the WW app➡ WW Recipe (Must be logged into WW on a device with the app.)
Nutrition Facts:
Yield: 12 servings
CALORIES: 215 TOTAL FAT: 4 g SATURATED FAT: 2 g CHOLESTEROL: 42 mg SODIUM: 333 mg CARBOHYDRATES: 37 g FIBER: 2 g SUGAR: 17 g PROTEIN: 6 g
*Nutritional Information was calculated using myfitnesspal, values may vary based off ingredients selected.
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