Applesauce Carrot Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 cups whole grain wheat flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 large eggs
• 3 cups carrots, coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt.
• 2 in a separate small bowl, combine the applesauce, oil and eggs. add to the flour mixture, stirring until the ingredients are well blended. add the carrots and mix again.
• 3 pour the batter into a greased 9" tube pan, or use a 9" x 13" rectangular cake pan, or two bread loaf pans, or a cupcake pan.
• 4 bake the cake in a preheated 350° f oven for about 1 hour, 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the thickest part of the cake comes out clean. set the cake on a wire rack for five minutes. then, run a knife around the edges of the pan to loosen the cake, and turn the cake out onto the rack to cool.