Tropical Carrot Cake

Name: Tropical Carrot Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 9 servings
Ingredients: 2 cup all purpose flour; 2 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup egg beaters; 1 cup unsweetened applesauce; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 0.5 teaspoon salt; 3 cup shredded carrots; 8 ounce crushed pineapple, undrained; 0.5 cup coconut flakes

This is an old favorite recipe that has been around for ages! The oil and eggs in the original recipe have been replaced with applesauce and egg beaters to create a low fat version. Frost this cake with Lite Cream Cheese Frosting! This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Prep10 min

Cook45 min

Total55 min

Servings9

Difficultyeasy

Dessert

Ingredients

2 cupall purpose flour
2 cupgranulated sugar
1 cupegg beaters
1 cupunsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
1 teaspoonbaking soda
1 teaspoonground cinnamon
0.5 teaspoonsalt
3 cupshredded carrots
8 ouncecrushed pineapple, undrained
0.5 cupcoconut flakes

Instructions

1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2
In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
3
Add the egg beaters and applesauce and vanilla. Mix well.
4
Add carrots, pineapple and coconut. Mix well
5
Pour into 9X13 pan(or 2 9" cake pans) and bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out of center clean.
6
Cool completely.