Light Carrot Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 c. raisins
    1/4 c. Port or sherry
    1 1/4 c. oat bran, processed into flour
    3/4 c. all-purpose flour
    1 Tbsp. baking powder
    2 tsp. ground cinnamon
    1 c. brown sugar
    1/4 c. canola oil
    1/4 c. evaporated skim milk
    1/4 c. corn syrup
    2 tsp. vanilla
    1 c. egg substitute
    2 c. grated fresh carrots
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 400\u00b0.
    Spray a 9-inch square baking pan with Pam or Baker's Joy.
    In a small mixing bowl, soak raisins in Port and set aside.
    In a mixing bowl, sift together oat bran, flour, baking powder and cinnamon.
    Place in another bowl the brown sugar, oil, milk, corn syrup, vanilla and egg substitute; mix with an electric beater for a minute or two.
    Add carrots to the liquid mixture, then stir in the flour mixture, then the raisins and Port.
    Pour mixture into prepared baking pan; bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick, when inserted in center of cake, comes out dry.
    Let cool to room temperature, then cut into squares.

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