Healthy Carrot Cake with Maple Cinnamon Frosting

This Carrot Cake is unbelievably fluffy, moist, and filled with sweet raisins and the perfect blend of spices.  And to take it to the next level?  A Maple Cinnamon Frosting spread on top and in between the cake layers!

As if things couldn’t get any better, this cake also happens to be GOOD FOR YOU!  That’s right.  This cake is whole grain, sugar free, and low in fat and calories.

Each bite is an exciting experience that will change the way you think about Carrot Cake!

Healthy Whole Wheat Carrot Cake

Healthy Whole Wheat Carrot Cake

When it comes to liking Carrot Cake, I feel like nobody is really “on the fence” if you know what I mean.  You either love it or you hate it.

To tell you the truth, I’ve always hated Carrot Cake.  Until today.

The carrots always tasted raw to me — they were crunchy and its flavor was far too potent.  Growing up, if I was ever served a slice of carrot cake, I would simply scrape off the icing and eat the icing all by itself, leaving the orange cake scraps on the plate.  And even though I currently hate carrots (yes, still), I absolutely loved baking and eating this Carrot Cake.

The carrot flavor isn’t strong and overpowering, like all of the Carrot Cakes I’ve eaten before.  Although, it’ll be hard to focus on tasting carrots with this dang delicious, smooth, and sweet Maple Cinnamon Frosting  ?

This Carrot Cake is unbelievably fluffy, moist, and filled with sweet raisins and the perfect blend of spices.

The Maple Cinnamon Frosting spread on top and in between the cake layers make your individual slice even more exciting!

I find the amount of cinnamon and nutmeg to be perfect in pumpkin pie spice, which is why I used that in the recipe.  But feel free to use the individual spices to your taste.  If you hate nutmeg or simply don’t want ginger or cloves, just use more cinnamon!  Can’t go wrong with cinnamon  ?

This healthy Carrot Cake is not bland in any way, and it’s not too spicy either.  It’s just as sweet, just as rich, and just as decadent as any bakery-bought Carrot Cake.

This frosting isn’t your typical pastel-white cream cheese frosting.  The Maple Cinnamon Frosting adds both flavor and presentation points too!  And it has a little secret ingredient…  can you guess what it is?  ?

Healthy Whole Wheat Carrot Cake

It’s tofu!

Don’t worry, you don’t taste it at all!  My mother hates tofu and when I told her the frosting’s secret ingredient she was shocked.  Trust me too, though, I hate tofu as well but I LOVED this frosting.

I’m super duper excited to share this recipe — this Carrot Cake is so tender and moist, it really doesn’t taste healthy and whole grain at all.  And the frosting is unique, flavorful, and brings everything together in perfect flavor harmony.

And…  I’m growing somewhat fond of the cake’s bright orange color…  could this be it??

Are vegetables really making me this happy??

*GASP*

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Healthy Whole Wheat Carrot Cake

 

Healthy Whole Wheat Carrot Cake
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Healthy Carrot Cake with Maple Cinnamon Frosting

If you’d prefer Cream Cheese Frosting, I have a great recipe here!

For a tiny sliver of bakery-bought Carrot Cake (that’s a 1/16th slice of a 2-layer 8″ cake) has a whopping 750 calories, 41g fat, 91g carbs, and 74g sugar.  That’s over 6 tablespoons of sugar in a single slice!

I think we can all agree that my recipe is better  ?

Enjoy!

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With love and good eats,

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– Jess

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